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In 2002-2003 he studied creative writing at the Academy Skrivekunstakademiet at Bergen.
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January Leikvoll
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He published four novels: Eit vintereventyr ("A Winter Story", 2008), Fiolinane ("The Violins", 2010), Bovara (2012), and Songfuglen ("The Songbird", 2013), all on the publishing house Det Norske Samlaget. He was also awarded the Bokhandelens forfatterstipend in 2013, a grant for writers by the Norwegian Booksellers Association. Leikvoll was open about living with a brain tumor a big part of his life.
He died on 1 August 2014.
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Norway