Stein Versto [SEP] date of birth
Stein Versto
Stein Versto (born 30 December 1957) is a Norwegian poet, novelist, translator and folk musician.
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"
were written by lyricists Stein Versto and Ragnar Hovland, both previously involved in the "Luring" production. In August 2005, he made a cameo appearance with Norwegian rap-collective Klovner i Kamp, singing the chorus to their single "Syng".
Odd Nordstoga has also done projects for 'The Salvation Army' and folk music projects with different people, amongst other things, renditions of the famous Telemark piece "Storegut" with brother Aasmund and Lars Underdal, and guest appearances with the band Fake It or Leave It