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Paal-Helge Haugen

パール=ヘルゲ・ホーゲン

Paal-Helge Haugen

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1945-04-26 (Valle, Norway)
Nationality
Norway
Languages
Norwegian (Nynorsk), Norwegian
Residence History
Valle, Norway

Career

Occupations
Poet, Novelist, Playwright, Children's writer
Active Years
1965-2024
Affiliations
Norwegian Authors Association Literary Council, Norwegian Playwrights' Association
Memberships
Chairman of the Norwegian National Film Selection (1980–85)
Influenced By
Japanese haiku, Chinese poems
Influenced
Kjell Nupen, Iannis Xenakis et al.
Nominations
Nordic Council's Literature Prize nomination (1991, Meditasjonar over Georges de La Tour)

Education

University of Oslo
Faculty of Medicine
Country: Norway
Studied medicine

Awards

Gyldendal's Endowment
1985
Work: Det overvintra lyset
Organization: Gyldendal
Result: 受賞
Nynorsk Literature Prize
1985
Work: Wintering with the Light
Result: 受賞
Dobloug Prize
1987
Result: 受賞
Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature
1990
Result: 受賞
Cappelen Prize
1991
Result: 受賞
Brage Prize
1992
Work: Sone 0
Result: 受賞
Aschehoug Prize
2008
Result: 受賞
Order of St. Olav
2009
Organization: Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Anne

1968 punktroman (pointillist novel)

His 1968 'punktroman' or 'pointillist novel' Anne, was the first in its genre and was soon considered a modern classic.

Pointillism
Translations
  • English translation (2019, by Julia Johanne Tolo)

Wintering with the Light

1985 Poetry

Won Gyldendal's Endowment and Nynorsk Literature Prize.

Translations
  • Translated into at least 20 languages

Translations by Author

  • Translation of Japanese haiku (1965, Blad frå ein austleg hage)

Translations of Works

  • Works translated into at least 20 languages

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Poetic proseUse of Nynorsk

Legacy

Norwegian poet, novelist, dramatist and children's writer who has published over 30 books. His titles have been translated into at least 20 languages.

Trivia

  • Studied medicine at the University of Oslo.
  • Member of the editorial team of literary magazine Profile (1965-67).