Background
He was born in New York, and made his debut at age twenty with the novel Falketårnet.
He was born in New York, and made his debut at age twenty with the novel Falketårnet.
His most famous work is his second novel, Psalm at Journey"s End, which in separate but steadily more interwoven stories follows the individual musicians that end their careers and lives at Titanic. The book has been translated into more than twenty languages. A follow-up of Beretninger om beskyttelse (Tales of Protection) has been announced but is not yet completed.
Fosnes Hansen has also published poetry, and is a frequent contributor to contemporary public cultural debate.
He gained attention in the Norwegian press after throwing a piece of paper at a representative of the Progress Party during a heated debate on the radio station Norsk Rikskringkasting P2.
He is a member of the Norwegian Academy for Language and Literature.