Ingvar Moe was born and grew up in the farming district of
Etne Municipality in
Sunnhordland in the county of
Hordaland. His parents were baker Sigurd Moe and Brita Talette Amanda Hardeland. He graduated from the teachers' college at
Stord in 1959. He made his literary début in 1975 with the poetry collection
Løktastolpefrø, for which he was awarded the
Tarjei Vesaas' debutantpris. 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. In addition to his writing for adults, he wrote the youth novels and children's books. 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. ==Awards==