Tor Obrestad (12 February 1938 – 25 January 2020) was a Norwegian novelist, poet and documentary writer.

[1] His parents were farmer Jon R. Obrestad and Sophie Riise.

He eventually became a full-time writer, and was also assigned as journalist for the newspaper Stavanger Aftenblad.

[1] Obrestad made his literary debut in 1966 with two books, the poetry collection Kollisjon and a collection of short stories, Vind,[1] and received Tarjei Vesaas' debutantpris for these two books.

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