Øyvind Rimbereid (born 2 May 1966 in

Stavanger Stavanger, officially the Stavanger Municipality, is a city and municipalities of Norway, municipality in Norway. It is the third largest city and third largest metropolitan area in Norway (through conurbation with neighboring Sandnes) and the ...

) is a Norwegian author and composer of lyric poetry. He has worked as an instructor at ''Skrivekunstakademiet'' in Bergen. Rimbereid holds a cand. philol. degree from the

University of Bergen The University of Bergen () is a public university, public research university in Bergen, Norway. As of 2021, the university had over 4,000 employees and 19,000 students. It was established by an act of parliament in 1946 consolidating several sci ...

with high marks in Nordic languages and literature. He won the

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 Pr ...

2008 for his poetry collection ''Herbarium''.

Bibliography

*''Det har begynt'' – stories (1993) *''Som solen vokser'' – novel (1996) *''Kommende år'' – stories (1998) *''Seine topografiar'' – poetry (2001) *''Trådreiser'' – poetry (2001) *'' Solaris korrigert'' – poetry (2004) *''Hvorfor ensomt leve'', essays (2006) *''Herbarium'', poetry (2008) *''Jimmen'', poetry (2011) *''Orgelsjøen'', poetry (2013) *''Lovene'', poetry (2015) *''Lenis plassar. Et dikt'', poetry (2017)

Prizes

*Sult-prisen 2001 *Den norske Lyrikklubbens pris 2002 * The Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature (''Kritikerprisen'') 2004, for ''Solaris korrigert'' * The Brage Prize 2008, for ''Herbarium'' *Shortlisted for

Nordic Council's Literature Prize The Nordic Council Literature Prize is awarded for a work of literature written in one of the languages of the Nordic countries, that meets "high literary and artistic standards". Established in 1962, the prize is awarded every year, and is worth ...

2009, for ''Herbarium'' * The Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature (''Kritikerprisen'') 2013, for ''Orgelsjøen'' *

Aschehougprisen The Aschehoug Prize is published annually by the Norway, 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 publis ...

2017

References

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