Knut Ødegård (born 6 November 1945) is a

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Biography

Born in 1945 in Molde,

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, Ødegård made his poetic debut in 1967.''(Norwegian)'' http://www.cappelendamm.no/main/katalog.aspx?f=7543 Since then he has published more than fifty books, many volumes of poetry, two novels for young adults, two books about

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, a play, and several reinterpretations. His own works are recognized internationally as deeply original and high quality poetry and his poetry books are translated into 42 languages (2022), among these five separate collections in English. He was the founder and president of the Bjørnson Festival, the Norwegian International Literature Festival, held in homage to Nobel laureate

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, for a decade. He was the founder and president of Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson-Akademiet, The Norwegian Academy of Literature and Freedom of Expression, 2003–2015. He shares his time between a home in Molde and another in

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Selected works

*1982: ''Wind over Romsdal'', poems, translated by George Johnston. *1989: *''Bee-Buzz, Salmon Leap'' (1989), poems, translated by George Johnston.HISTOIRE ADMINISTRATIVE/NOTICE BIOGRAPHIQUE
", George Johnston fonds, ArchivesCanada.ca, Web, 4 May 2011. *2002: ''Missa'', poems, translated by Brian McNeil *2005: ''Judas Iscariot and Other Poems'', translated by Brian McNeil *2009: "Selected Poems", translated by Brian McNeil In Norwegian: Drøymaren, vandraren og kjelda. Lyrikk. Noregs Boklag, 1967 Konsert i eit kvitt hus. Lyrikk. Noregs Boklag, 1968 I pensjonatet. Lyrikk. Noregs Boklag, 1970 Det mørke regnet. Lyrikk, Aschehoug, 1972 Einar Bragi: Regn i mai. Gjendikting, Noregs Boklag, 1973 Færøysk lyrikk. Gjendiktningar av færøysk notidslyrikk med essay. Aschehoug 1974 Gyula Illyés: Dikt i utval. Gjendikting (s.m. Vince Sulyok). Aschehoug, 1974 Fuglen og draumen. Barnebok. Noregs Boklag, 1974 Ólafur Jóhann Sigurðsson: Ved brunnane. Gjendikting. Aschehoug, 1976 Hoggormen. Skodespel. Dreyer, 1977 Vind gjennom Romsdal. Lyrikk. Noregs Boklag, 1978 Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, i utvalg av Knut Ødegård. Dikt. Den norske Bokklubben, 1979. Broder Eysteinn: Lilja. Gjendikting med essay. Tiden Norsk Forlag, 1980 Einarr Skúlason: Geisli. Gjendikting med essay. Tiden Norsk Forlag, 1982 Biesurr, laksesprang. Lyrikk. Cappelen, 1983 Ørneblodet. Ungdomsbok. Tiden Norsk Forlag, 1983 Gudehovet. Ungdomsbok. Cappelen, 1984 Leid Henrik Ibsen ad Petri Gaut. Essay. 1989 Moderne islandske dikt. Gjendiktingar med essay. Samlaget, 1990 Kinomaskinist. Lyrikk. Cappelen, 1991 Molde, mitt Molde. Dikt og prologar. Molde kommune, 1992. Island, øya mellom øst og vest. Sakprosa. Aschehoug, 1992 Buktale. Lyrikk. Cappelen, 1994 Matthias Johannessen: Om vindheim vide. Gjendikting. Cappelen forlag, 1994 Dikt i utval (v/Kolbeinn Falkeid og Edvard Hoem). Lyrikk. Cappelen, 1995 Milan Richter: Røter i lufta. Gjendikting med essay. Cappelen, 1996 Missa. Lyrikk. Cappelen, 1998 Island. Fra saga til samtid. Sakprosa. Aschehoug, 1998 Matthías Johannessen: Salmer i atomalderen. Gjendikting. Cappelen, 2002 Nysilt. CD s.m. Inger Johanne Brunvoll Band, 2002 Stephensen-huset. Lyrikk. Cappelen, 2003 Ödön von Horváth: Historier frå Wienerskogen. Drama. Samlaget, 2003 Kringsjå. Dikt i utval (v/Thorvald Steen). Lyrikk. Cappelen, 2005 Grøne dikt. 9 moderne irske lyrikarar. Antologi. Gjendikting med essay (s.m. Jostein Sæbøe). Cappelen, 2005 Står om enn tårnene faller. Kyrkjespel i høve Molde domkyrkjes 50-års jubileum. 2007 Jóhann Hjálmarsson: Storm er et vakkert ord. Gjendikting. Solum forlag, 2007 Knut A. Ødegård sen.: Kornåker under himmelen. Dikt og essay. Fræna kommune, 2009 Det blomstra så sinnssjukt. Lyrikk. Cappelen Damm, 2009 Åsmund Sveen: Guten låg i graset. Dikt i utval ved Knut Ødegård og Knut Imerslund, 2009 Glacovi od cever, covremena, norveska poesija, moderne norsk lyrikk på makedonsk, utval, redigering og innleiingsessay (s.m. Yasminka Markovska). Struga, 2009 Friedrich Schiller: Don Carlos. Gjendikting. Samlaget, 2010 Eksempelet Island: om hvordan nykapitalismen angriper et folk. Sakprosa, red. og artiklar. Arneberg forlag, 2010 Olav den hellige. Spor etter helgenkongen. Essays og gjendiktingar (s.m. Lars Roar Langslet. Forlaget Press, 2011 Mennesket i sorteringssamfunnet. Sakprosa, red. og bidrag. Arneberg forlag, 2011 Fine spinn av draumar. Makedonske dikt. Antologi. Gjendiktingar og essay (s.m. Yasminka Markovska). Dreyers forlag, 2011 Edda-dikt I, Voluspå og Håvåmål. Gjendikting, essay og kommentarar. Cappelen Damm, 2013 Edda-dikt II, Gudedikt. Gjendikting, essay og kommentarar, Cappelen Damm, 2014 Liabonden. Prosatekstar. Via Media 2014. Gerður Kristný: Blodhest. Gjendikting med essay. Nordsjøforlaget, 2014. Edda-dikt III, Heltedikt 1. Gjendikting, essay og kommentarar. Cappelen Damm, 2015 Drankarar og galningar. Dikt i utval (v/Endre Ruset og Steinar Opstad). Cappelen Damm, 2015 Edda-dikt IV, Heltedikt, del 2. Gjendikting, essay og kommentarar. Cappelen Damm, 2016 UFO og englar over Holmarka. Prosatekstar. Via Media 2016 Tida er inne. Lyrikk. Cappelen Damm, 2017 Missa. Lydbok. ebok.no, 2017, Fuglespråk, roman. Cappelen Damm, 2019. Sirkusdirektøren - og andre dikt, lyrikk, Cappelen Damm, 2020. Teikn i sol og måne, prosatekster, Via Media, 2022.

Distinctions

Ødegård is appointed a Norwegian State Scholar by the

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as well as a

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for the

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in Norway (1997) and an honorary professor of literature at the Mongolian State University of Arts and Culture, and he has received many prizes and awards for his literary work.

National orders

* : Knight 1. class of the

Royal Norwegian Order of Merit The Royal Norwegian Order of Merit (Norwegian: ''Den Kongelige Norske Fortjenstorden'' (Bokmål) or ''Den Kongelege Norske Fortenesteordenen'' (Nynorsk)) was instituted by King Olav V in 1985. It is awarded to foreigners, Norwegian citizens livi ...

(1997) by the

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Foreign orders

* :

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(2009), knighted by Cardinal Foley. Knight Commander (2016). Grand Officer (with star) (2022) * :

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of the

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by the

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(1995). Commander with Star (2017). * Sovereign Military Order of Malta, knighted 2021.

Other

Bastian Prize The Bastian Prize ( no, Bastianprisen) is a prize awarded annually by the Norwegian Association of Literary Translators. The prize, established in 1951, is given for translating a published work into Norwegian language. The award is a statue made ...

(1984) by the

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* Anders Jahre Cultural Prize (2001) * Jan Smrek Prize (2009) for his literary work in Bratislava,

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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 ...

(2011) by the Swedish Academy * Golden Medal, 1. Prize, World Congress of Poets, Taiwan (2010) * The Goden Key of Smederevo, Serbia (2014) * International poetry prize Le Prix Special and Mihai Eminescu medal, Academie Internationale "Mihai Eminescu", Romania (2015) * International poetry prize The Golden Grape, Kosovo (2016) * Ulaanbaatar international poetry prize, Mongolia (2017)

References

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