Anne Bøe (born 9 July 1956) is a Norwegian poet. She was born in

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, and grew up partly in Tanzania. She graduated from the "writers' seminar" in Bø in 1982, where she had studied with

Eldrid Lunden Eldrid Lunden (born 5 October 1940) is a Norwegian poet, and 1996 became Norway's first professor in creative writing, at Telemark University College. She was awarded the Dobloug Prize in 1989, and the Brage Prize honorary award in 2000. She ...

. She made her literary début in 1984 with the poetry collection ''Silkestein'', for which she was awarded the

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. Among her later poetry collections are ''Ildrose'' from 1989, ''Sinobersol snø'' from 1993, and ''Minimum'' from 2009. Her collection ''Frostdokumenter'' from 2012 was described as giving language to people whose voices we seldom hear. Typical for Bøe's poetry is her use of

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al contrasts, such as

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es and

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Selected works

* ''Silkestein'' (1984, poetry) * ''Ordenes kildemor'' (1987, poetry) * ''Ildrose'' (1989, poetry) * ''Sinobersol snø'' (1993, poetry) * ''Ingensteds overalt'' (1994, poetry) * ''Krigslogikkene'' (2001, poetry) * ''Sisyfos synger'' (2003, poetry)

Selected works

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