Kjartan Hatløy (born 16 February 1954) is a Norwegian poet, and winner of the

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 ...

2021.

Career

Hatløy made his literary debut in 1996 with the poetry collection ''Solreven'', a collection of short poems reflecting on aspects of nature. Later collections are ''Fjord'' from 2011, and ''Kjøkkendikt'' from 2012. With ''Kjøkkendikt'' he reached a wider public, and the collection was nominated for 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 Priz ...

. In 2016 he issued ''Den kvite vegen'', and ''Menneskedagar'' came in 2018. He was awarded the literary prize ''Diktartavla'' in 2015, and the

in 2021. In 2017 he was featured in the German documentary film ''Der Sonnenfuchs''.

Personal life

Born on 16 February 1954, Hatløy grew up in

Hyllestad Hyllestad is a municipality in the county of Vestland, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Sogn. The administrative center is the village of Hyllestad. Other villages in the municipality include Sørbøvågen and Leirvik. Hyl ...

, and settled in the village of

Sørbøvågen Sørbøvågen is a village in Hyllestad Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located along the northern shore of the Hyllestadfjorden. It is located about northwest of the village of Hyllestad, the administrative centre of t ...

. His background includes studies in philosophy at the

University of Bergen The University of Bergen ( no, Universitetet i Bergen, ) is a research-intensive state university located in Bergen, Norway. As of 2019, the university has over 4,000 employees and 18,000 students. It was established by an act of parliament in 194 ...

, education as plumber, and working experience from the shipping industry.

References

1954 births Living people People from Hyllestad Norwegian poets Dobloug Prize winners {{Norway-writer-stub