Tore Renberg is a Norwegian writer. He is the author of many books within many genres, including novels, short-stories and children's books, as well as writing for film and stage. His work has been translated into many languages. He has two children named Petra and Allan.
Torgrim Eggen is a Norwegian musician, journalist, magazine editor, novelist and non-fiction writer. Among his books are Gjeld from 1992 and the novel Pynt from 2000. Duften av Havana from 2002 is a cultural history of the cigar, and Manhattan from 2007 is about New York City. Eggen was awarded the Gyldendal's Endowment in 1995.
Tori Amos is an American singer-songwriter and pianist. She is a classically trained musician with a mezzo-soprano vocal range. Having already begun composing instrumental pieces on piano, Amos won a full scholarship to the Peabody Institute at Johns Hopkins University at the age of five, the youngest person ever to have been admitted. She had to leave at the age of eleven when her scholarship was discontinued for what Rolling Stone described as "musical insubordination". Amos was the lead singer of the short-lived 1980s pop group Y Kant Tori Read before achieving her breakthrough as a solo artist in the early 1990s. Her songs focus on a broad range of topics, including sexuality, feminism, politics, and religion.
Torill Thorstad Hauger was a Norwegian novelist, children's writer, non-fiction writer and illustrator. She was the author of a number of prize-winning novels with historical themes for children and teenagers.
Torkom Saraydarian (1917–1997) was an Armenian author, poet, and musician. He was born in Sevas, Turkey to Armenian parents. He was trained in The Ageless Wisdom Teachings under the guidance of his father, Monasteries, Arcane School.
Tormod Haugen was a Norwegian writer of children's books and translator. For his "lasting contribution to children's literature" he received the international Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 1990.
Torquato Tasso was an Italian poet of the 16th century, known for his 1591 poem Gerusalemme liberata, in which he depicts a highly imaginative version of the combats between Christians and Muslims at the end of the First Crusade, during the Siege of Jerusalem of 1099.