Øyvind Berg (born 14 January 1959 is a Norwegian

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. Berg was born in

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. He studied to the intermediate levelThe Intermediate status requires that the student have taken 90 credits in a particular subject. This corresponds to roughly 1.5 years of study for that subject. in

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at the

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University of Tromsø The University of Tromsø – The Arctic University of Norway (Norwegian: ''Universitetet i Tromsø – Norges arktiske universitet''; Northern Sami: ''Romssa universitehta – Norgga árktalaš universitehta'') is a state university in Norway an ...

. He was a member of the

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from 1987 to 1988 and 1993 to 1996. He was selected to serve on the

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's appeal committee for recognition of new Norwegian literature. In 1997, he was artistic director for

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. Berg's poetry has been translated into German, English and Danish.

Bibliography

*''Retninger'' – poetry (1982) *''Barn er et hardt språk'' – poetry (1984) *''Vitenskap for barn'' – poetry (1985) *''Et foranskutt lyn'' – poetry (1986) *''Totschweigetaktiken'' – poetry (1988) *''Kjøter: en sosiodisé'' – play (1989) *''Lærestykker'' – play (1990) *''Kunngjøring'' – poetry (1992) *''Poe si tid'' – poetry (1993) *''Forskjellig'' – poetry (1995) *''Kjærlighetc.'' – poetry (1997) *''Nede fortelling'' – poetry (2000) *''Chutzpah i måneskinn'' – poetry, prose (2004)

Awards

* Oktoberprisen 1992 *

Brage Prize The Brage Prize (Norwegian: ''Brageprisen'') is a Norwegian literature prize that is awarded annually by the Norwegian Book Prize foundation (''Den norske bokprisen''). The prize recognizes recently published Norwegian literature. The Brage Priz ...

1995, for ''Forskjellig'' * Norsk teaterlederforums oversetterpris 1996 *

Aschehoug Prize The Aschehoug Prize is published annually by the Norwegian publishing house Aschehoug. The Aschehoug Prize is awarded to Norwegian authors on the basis of the merit of a recent publication. It is awarded on merit, irrespective of the publisher, bas ...

1999 * Halldis Moren Vesaas-prisen 2000 * Språklig samlings litteraturpris 2002 * Hold Dampen Oppe-prisen 2003 * Danse- og teatersentrums Scenekunstpris 2003

References and notes

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