Background
He was born in Vinje, and was a brother of newspaper editor Olav Versto.
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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.