Ottar Grepstad

Ottar Grepstad, 2010
Photo:Vidar Iversen

Ottar Grepstad (born 1 October 1953) is a Norwegian Nynorsk writer.

He was born in Øyer.[1] In the 1970s he was the leader of the Young Liberals of Norway for a period. From 1984 to 1988 he edited the periodical Syn og Segn.[2] He worked in Det Norske Samlaget for many years, and has been manager for Noregs Mållag. In 1999 he became the leader of the Ivar Aasen Centre in Ørsta.[3] This centre is owned by Nynorsk kultursentrum; which is led by Grepstad as well.[4] From 1 January 2005 he has been a member of the Arts Council Norway,[5] and from 2006 to 2010 he has been a board member of the Norwegian Language Council.[citation needed] He left the Arts Council in late 2009.[6]

In 1997 he released the book Det litterære skattkammer. Sakprosaens teori og retorikk, which was claimed to be the "world's first theoretical book about prose".[7] In 1999 he was awarded the Norwegian Language Prize by the Norwegian Language Council.[8] In 2006 he released Viljen til språk. Ei nynorsk kulturhistorie and in 2010 Avisene som utvida Noreg. Nynorskpressa 1850-2010.

Grepstad resides in Volda.

  1. ^ Lerum, May Grethe (1 February 2006). "Storverk om "hjartespråket"". Verdens Gang (in Norwegian). p. 38.
  2. ^ "Ung tidsskriftredaktør" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 2 May 1988.
  3. ^ "Ottar Grepstad blir Aasen-direktør" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 9 February 1999.
  4. ^ Henriksen, Petter, ed. (2007). "Nynorsk kultursentrum". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 30 November 2009.
  5. ^ "Offisielt fra statsråd" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 17 December 2004.
  6. ^ Sørheim, Sarah (19 December 2009). "Nilssen til Kulturrådet". Klassekampen (in Norwegian). pp. 34–35.
  7. ^ "Landssvikoppgjøret bokvårens heteste tema" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 6 January 1997.
  8. ^ "Norsk språkpris til Ottar Grepstad" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 2 February 1999.