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Emil Boyson

えみる・ぼいそん

Emiru Boison

Aliases: Karl Snemo

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1897-09-04 (Bergen)
Died
1979-06-02 (Oslo) age 81
Nationality
Norway
Languages
Norwegian
Residence History
Bergen → Trondheim → Røros → Kristiania (Oslo) → Berlin → Oslo

Career

Occupations
poet, writer, translator
Active Years
1920-1979

Education

Oslo Cathedral School
General Studies
Degree: artium
Period: 1917
Year of Graduation: 1917
Country: Norway

Awards

Gyldendal's Endowment
1946
Organization: Gyldendal
Result: 受賞
Dobloug Prize
1956
Result: 受賞
Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature
1957
Result: 受賞
Riksmålsforbundets litteraturpris
1959
Organization: Riksmålsforbundet
Result: 受賞
Gyldendal's Endowment
1974
Organization: Gyldendal
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Sommertørst: En historie

1927 novel

Emil Boyson's formal debut novel.

Skumring mellom søiler

1932 poetry

Varsler og møter

1934 poetry

Tegn og tydning

1935 poetry

Sjelen og udyret

1946 poetry

Gjenkjennelse

1957 poetry

Bibliography

  • Åpning til regnbuen
  • Sommertørst: En historie
  • Skumring mellom søiler
  • Varsler og møter
  • Tegn og tydning
  • Yngre herre på besøk: En fabel
  • Vandring mot havet: En prosa-diktning
  • Gjemt i mørket
  • Sjelen og udyret
  • Gjenkjennelse
  • Utvalgte dikt
  • 70 dikt
  • Før sporene slettes: dagbok

Translations by Author

  • Norsk poesi fra Henrik Wergeland til Nordahl Grieg. En antologi (co-edited with Asbjørn Aarnes)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
modernistic stylelanguage differing from everyday languagemaintaining traditional form and stanza patterns

Legacy

Norwegian poet known for his modernist poetry with a unique language differing from everyday speech while often using traditional forms.

Trivia

  • Actual debut in 1920 under pseudonym Karl Snemo with poetry Åpning til regnbuen.
  • Formal debut in 1927 with prose book Sommertørst.
  • Co-edited anthology of Norwegian poetry with Asbjørn Aarnes published in 1961.