Preben Jordal

Preben Jordal (b 1972, Norway) is a literary scholar, critic and translator.

He has contributed literary criticism to several newspapers – Bergens Tidende, Morgenbladet, Klassekampen and Aftenposten – over a number of years and has also been editor of Vinduet and co-editor of Vagant. Jordal has also translated 12 books, mainly from American English, by authors such as David Foster Wallace, George Saunders, Thomas Pynchon, Jonathan Franzen and Lorrie Moore.