Sigbjørn Skåden

Sigbjørn Skåden (born 8 July 1976) is a Norwegian poet and novelist.

Sigbjørn Skåden in 2019

Skåden issued five books on the Sami publishing house Skániid Girjie; the poetry collections Skuovvadeddjiid gonagas (2004), Skomakernes konge (2007) and Prekariáhta lávlla (2009); and the novel Ihpil: Láhppon mánáid bestejeaddji (2008). For his debut, he was nominated to the Nordic Council Literature Prize, representing the Sami language area.[1]

In 2012 he issued the young adult non-fiction Sámit/Samer on Cappelen Damm. He then issued the novels on Cappelen Damm, Våke over dem som sover (2014) and Fugl (2019). The first of these novels was nominated for the NRK P2 Listeners' Prize.[1]

Hailing from Planterhaug in Skånland,[2] he resides in Tromsø.[1]

References
  1. "Sigbjørn Skåden". Forfatterkatalogen. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
  2. Reinås, Idar (20 July 2002). "Vil ha økonomisk sikkerhet". Sagat (in Norwegian). p. 2.


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