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Norwegian translator, contributing editor and fiddler
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Male
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Birth:
30 December 1957
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Father:
Aslak Versto
The details
Biography
Stein Versto (born 30 December 1957) is a Norwegian poet, novelist, translator and folk musician.
He was born in Vinje, and was a brother of newspaper editor Olav Versto. He made his literary debut in 1990 with the short story collection Ho blei borte i trappene, for which he was awarded the Tarjei Vesaas' debutantpris. Among his poetry collections are Innfalda tid, minne from 1995 and Snø i partituret from 2000. He wrote the novel Nidaros in 2013. His music album Urjen from 2011 contains tunes played on Hardanger fiddle. He also resided in Asker.