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Edvard Hoem

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Edvard Hoem

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1949-03-10 (Fræna Municipality, Norway)
Nationality
Norwegian
Languages
Norwegian
Residence History
Norway

Career

Occupations
novelist, dramatist, lyricist, psalmist, government scholar
Active Years
1969-2024
Affiliations
Teatret Vårt
Nominations
Nordic Council's Literature Prize nomination (Kjærleikens ferjereiser etc.)

Awards

Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature
1974
Work: Kjærleikens ferjereiser
Result: 受賞
The Sunnmøre Prize
1974
Work: Kjærleikens ferjereiser
Result: 受賞
Melsom Prize
2006
Work: Mother's and Father's Story
Result: 受賞
Peter Dass Prize
2007
Work: Mother's and Father's Story
Result: 受賞
Ibsen Prize
2008
Work: Mikal Hetles siste ord
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Kjærleikens ferjereiser

1974 novel

Novel awarded Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature

lovetravel

Mother's and Father's Story

2005 novel

Novel about parents' story

familyhistory

Som grønne musikantar

1969 poetry collection

Debut poetry collection

naturemusic

Bibliography

  • Som grønne musikantar
  • Landet av honning og aske
  • Anna Lena
  • Kvinnene langs fjorden
  • Kjærleikens ferjereiser
  • Tusen fjordar, tusen fjell og Musikken gjennom Gleng
  • Gi meg de brennende hjerter 1. Melding frå Petrograd
  • Der storbåra bryt
  • Fjerne Berlin. Gi meg de brennande hjerter 2
  • God natt Europa
  • Du er blitt glad i dette landet
  • Lenins madame
  • Prøvetid
  • Heimlandet Barndom
  • Ave Eva
  • Landkjenning Romsdal
  • Sankt Olavs skrin
  • Til ungdommen, Nordahl Griegs liv
  • I Tom Bergmanns tid
  • Engelen din, Robinson
  • Olav Engelbrektsson
  • I kampens hete
  • Bibelhistorier
  • Meisteren og Mirjam
  • Tid for klage, tid for dans
  • Frøken Dreyers musikkskole
  • Audun Hestakorn
  • Eystein av Nidaros
  • Roerne i Christiania
  • Kristuskonfigurasjonar
  • Den fattige Gud
  • Kom fram, fyrste!
  • Mors og fars historie
  • The Father. Peder Bjørnson Defends Himself.
  • The Wild Years. The Life of Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson 1832–1875
  • Vennskap i storm – Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson 1875-1892
  • Syng mig hjæm – Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson 1890-1899
  • Slåttekar i himmelen
  • your brother on the prairie
  • countries no one has seen
  • the fiddle maker

Translations by Author

  • King Lear (Shakespeare)
  • Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare)
  • The Merchant of Venice (Shakespeare)
  • Troilus and Cressida (Shakespeare)
  • Othello (Shakespeare)
  • The Taming of the Shrew (Shakespeare)
  • Richard III (Shakespeare)
  • Macbeth (Shakespeare)
  • As You Like It (Shakespeare)
  • A Dream Play (Strindberg)
  • Henry IV, Part 1 and Part 2 (Shakespeare)

Legacy

Prominent Norwegian novelist and dramatist, recipient of numerous awards, known for translations of Shakespeare.