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Torgeir Schjerven

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Torgeir Schjerven

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1954-08-28
Nationality
Norway
Languages
Norwegian

Career

Occupations
author, lyric poet, visual artist, actor
Active Years
1981-2006
Nominations
1995 finalist for Nordic Council's Literature Prize (Omvei til Venus)

Awards

Hartvig Kirans minnepris
1986
Result: 受賞
Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature
1994
Work: Omvei til Venus
Result: 受賞
Halldis Moren Vesaas Prize
2002
Result: 受賞
Norwegian Academy Prize in memory of Thorleif Dahl
2005
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Omvei til Venus

1994 novel

Novel.

Vekk

1981 poetry

Poetry collection.

Bibliography

  • Vekk – poetry (1981)
  • Nettenes melk – poetry (1986)
  • Tanker og andre personlige bedrifter – poetry (1989)
  • I det blodige blå – novel (1984)
  • Omvei til Venus – novel (1994)
  • En nåde uten mål – poetry (1998)
  • I anledning dagen – poetry (2002)
  • Den stødige tilstundelsen av jubel i virkelig trist musikk – poetry (2006)
  • Hugo og de tre som forsvant – children's book (1992, co-written with Inger Elisabeth Hansen)

Legacy

Norwegian author and lyric poet. Trained as a visual artist and worked as an actor.

Trivia

  • Appeared in films Lasse & Geir (1976) and Det tause flertall (1977).
  • Married to author Inger Elisabeth Hansen.