Background
Ingvar Moe was born in Etne in the county of Hordaland, Norway. Moe grew up in the farming area in Sunnhordland.
Ingvar Moe was born in Etne in the county of Hordaland, Norway. Moe grew up in the farming area in Sunnhordland.
He published over 20 books including short stories, novels, poetry and textbooks. He took a teacher exams at Stord school teacher in 1959. He worked for two decades as a teacher, principally in Nøtterøy and Nodeland.
He made his literary début in 1975 with the poetry collection Løktastolpefrø, for which he was awarded the Tarjei Vesaas" debutantpris.
In 1976 he published the story collection Sommaren te Ingjeberr. Among his novels are Rundt sjøen from 1986, Forbanninga from 1988, and Kvinner mellom mørke fjell from 1990.
He worked in many genres and turn to different audiences. He wrote, in addition to poetry, short stories and novels, textbooks for primary school texts for cabaret and theater.
Moe also released an autobiographical novel, Rundt sjøen (1986).
As an author of books for children, he is known for humorous books about the grandmother.