Øyvind Torseter facts for kids
Øyvind Torseter (born October 2, 1972) is a talented artist, illustrator, and writer from Norway. He is well-known for creating amazing picture books and comic books. His work for children is so good that in 2014, he was a finalist for the Hans Christian Andersen Award. This award is one of the biggest honors for people who create children's books around the world!
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About Øyvind Torseter
Øyvind Torseter studied illustration at different art and design schools. He attended Merkantilt Institutt in Oslo from 1991 to 1992. Then he went to Skolen for Grafisk Design in Oslo from 1992 to 1994. Finally, he studied at the Kent Institute of Art and Design in Maidstone from 1995 to 1998.
He has illustrated many picture books, and he even wrote some of them himself! One of his famous books is Klikk (2004), which won an award.
Torseter uses both traditional art methods and digital techniques in his work. He also likes to try new things, like creating cool graphic effects and three-dimensional paper art. The pictures in his books are not just simple drawings. They often tell their own stories and have lots of fun details for you to discover. Øyvind Torseter is known as one of Norway's best illustrators and artists.
Today, Øyvind Torseter lives and works in Oslo, Norway.
Books by Øyvind Torseter
Øyvind Torseter has created many books, both as a writer and as an illustrator for other authors.
Books he wrote and illustrated
- 2002: Mister Random
- 2004: On the road again, again
- 2004: Klikk
- 2005: For en neve havre
- 2007: Avstikkere
- 2009: Gravenstein
Books he illustrated for others
- 1999: Tor Arve Røssland: Pode – a children's book
- 1999: Finn Øglænd: Vers på tvers. Dikt og tekster for barn (Poems and texts for children)
- 2000: Tor Arve Røssland: Pode mister fotfestet
- 2002: Tor Arve Røssland: Pode får snue
- 2002: Bjørn Sortland: Plutselig ville eg ikkje laga dorulldyr lenger
- 2006: Roald Kaldestad: Englefjell
- 2006: Tor Arve Røssland: Anti-Pode
- 2006: Bjørn Sortland: Den gongen eg liksom-døydde
- 2007: Radiorådet. Radiorådet : din redningsbøye på livets stormfulle hav
- 2008: Stein Erik Lunde: Eg kan ikkje sove no
- 2009: Jon Fosse: Spelejenta
Awards and Recognition
Øyvind Torseter has won many important awards for his amazing illustrations and books. Here are some of them:
- 1999: Ministry of Culture's Illustration Prize for Children's and Youth Literature, for Pode (written by Tor Arve Røssland)
- 2004: Sproingprisen (Best Newcomer), for Samlivstrøbbel og sirkus (with Bjørn Sortland)
- 2004: Ministry of Culture's Picture Book Prize for Children's and Youth Literature, for Klikk
- 2008: Bologna Ragazzi Award, for Avstikkere
- 2007: Ministry of Culture's Illustration Prize for Children's and Youth Literature, for Klar ferdig gå! (written by Beate Grimsrud and Inger Alfvén)
- 2008: Ministry of Church and Education's Picture Book Prize, for Eg kan ikkje sove no (with Stein Erik Lunde)
