Erik Fosnes Hansen (born 6 June 1965) is a Norwegian writer.
Hansen was born in New York and made his debut at age twenty with the novel Falketårnet. His best-known work is his second novel, Psalm at Journey's End, which in separate but steadily more interwoven stories follows the individual musicians who end their careers and lives on the Titanic. The book has been translated into more than twenty languages. A sequel to Beretninger om beskyttelse (Tales of Protection) has been announced but is not yet completed.
He has also published poetry and is a frequent contributor to contemporary public cultural discussions.
Hansen is a member of the Norwegian Academy for Language and Literature. He was awarded the Riksmål Society Literature Prize in 1990.
Hansen 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 NRK P2.
Falketårnet er Erik Fosnes Hansens debutroman – en fabel om kærlighed, overtro og magtbegær i 1200-tallets Tyskland.
Mens hans far er på korstog, er den unge riddersøn Wolfgang alene på Falkenborg, der jævnligt opsøges af fremmede fyrster, sorte-kunstnere, rejsende munke og stjernetydere. Helst opholder Wolfgang sig i borgens tårn med sine fire jagtfalke, som han er i lykkelig, lydløs samtale med. Kun de har Wolfgangs fortrolighed. Indtil han møder bøddeldatteren Suzanne, der – uden at ville det – kommer til at ændre hans skæbne.
Med et broget galleri af personer, der mest jagter egen lykke, er Falketårnet både ram middelalder og sart følsomhed vævet sammen i et billedmættet drama.
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