Arnold Olav Eidslott (10 June 1926 – 19 April 2018) was a Norwegian poet. He was born in

Ålesund Ålesund () sometimes spelled Aalesund in English, is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal County, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Sunnmøre and the centre of the Ålesund Region. The town of Ålesund is the administrative ...

, and worked as a telegraphic engineer for the whole of his working life. From 1986 to 2018 he was the

poet laureate A poet laureate (plural: poets laureate) is a poet officially appointed by a government or conferring institution, typically expected to compose poems for special events and occasions. Albertino Mussato of Padua and Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch) ...

. Eidslott's

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religion was central to his lyrics, and he was foremost in Norwegian religious literature. He was a member of the

Norwegian Academy for Language and Literature The Norwegian Academy for Language and Literature ( no, Det Norske Akademi for Språk og Litteratur), commonly known as the Norwegian Academy, is a Norwegian learned body on matters pertaining to the modern Norwegian language in its Dano-Norwegian ...

. He died on 19 April 2018 at the age of 91.Arnold Eidslott er død

Johan Kvandal David Johan Kvandal (né Johansen; 8 September 1919 – 16 February 1999) was a Norwegian composer. Career He was born in Kristiania to David Monrad Johansen and Amunda Holmsen, with the family later moving to Bærum where Kvandal died. He too ...

's composition "''Underet'' in three parts, is based on Eidslott's poem of the same name. The parts that have been written are: "Krusifikset blør", "Josef av Arimateas klage" and "Den tomme grav".

Bibliography

*''Vinden taler til den døve'' – poem (1953) *''Vann og støv'' – poem (1956) *''Kronen av røk'' – poem (1959) *''Av dynd og Amazonas'' – poem (1963) *''Manes'' – poem (1965) *''Memento'' – poem (1967) *''Elegisk om sirkus'' – poem (1970) *''Ved midnatt da havet sank'' – poem (1971) *''Rekviem for Lasarus'' – poem (1973) *''Veien til Astapovo'' – poem (1976) *''Det forlatte øyeblikk'' – poem (1978) *''Den tause ambassadør'' – poem (1980) *''Flukten til katakombene'' – poem (1982) *''Adam imago Dei'' – poem (1984) *''Dikt i utvalg'' – (1986) *''Advarsel i kode'' – poem (1987) *''De navnløses kor'' – poem (1989) *''Under San Marcos murer'' – poem (1991) *''Lyset over den dømte'' – poem (1993) *''Pax Christi'' – poem (1995) *''Passchendaeles ruiner'' – poem (1998) *''Nettene under Kapp Horn'' – poem (2000) *''Davids nøkkel'' – poem (2001) *''Arameisk i Roma'' – poem (2002) *''Koret over Forum Romanum'' – poem (2004) *''Lyset fra Bach'' – poem (2006) *''Vinden blåser dit den vil'' – poems (2008) *''Postludium'' – poems (2012)

Prizes

Gyldendal's Endowment Gyldendal's Endowment was a literature prize which was awarded in the period 1934–1995 by the Norwegian publisher Gyldendal Norsk Forlag. The prize was awarded to significant authors, regardless of which publisher the author was associated wi ...

1963 *

Det Norske Akademis Pris The Norwegian Academy Prize in memory of Thorleif Dahl (''Det Norske Akademis Pris til minne om Thorleif Dahl'') is awarded annually by the Norwegian Academy for Language and Literature (''Det Norske Akademi for Sprog og Litteratur''). The prize is ...

1983 * Aschehougprisen 1983 *

Dobloug Prize The Dobloug Prize ( sv, Doblougska priset, no, Doblougprisen) is a literature prize awarded for Swedish and Norwegian fiction. The prize is named after Norwegian businessman and philanthropist Birger Dobloug (1881–1944) pursuant to his bequest. T ...

1992

Works about the poet

Asbjørn Aarnes Asbjørn Aarnes (20 December 1923 – 8 January 2013) was a Norwegian professor and literary historian. Biography He was born at Vågbø in Tingvoll, Norway. He studied from 1951-52 at École Normale Supérieure in Paris. In 1957, Aarnes beca ...

and Helge Nordahl (ed.) (2000): "Hellig hav: om Arnold Eidslotts diktning". Oslo: Verbum.

References

NRK: Poet files with Arnold Eidslott

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