Oddmund Hagen (born 21 February 1950) is a Norwegian poet, novelist, children's writer and literary critic.
Personal life
Hagen was born in
Snillfjord
Snillfjord is a former municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1924 until its dissolution in 2020 when it was split between the municipalities of Hitra, Heim, and Orkland. It was part of the Fosen region. The ad ...
on 21 February 1950.
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Literary career
He made his literary debut in 1977 with the poetry collection ''Kvardagar''. Other collections are ''Tiltale'' from 1980, ''Heller ikkje du'' from 1992, and ''Bort, bort frå dette'' from 1994. In 1989 he wrote the short story collection ''Å legge til – at alt er borte'', and a second collection, ''Denne brannen, alltid'', came in 1995.picture book
A picture book combines visual and verbal narratives in a book format, most often aimed at young children. With the narrative told primarily through text, they are distinct from comics, which do so primarily through sequential images. The images ...
s about the hare
Hares and jackrabbits are mammals belonging to the genus ''Lepus''. They are herbivores, and live solitarily or in pairs. They nest in slight depressions called forms, and their young are able to fend for themselves shortly after birth. The ge ...
baby "Klumpen", ''Over jordet'' from 1998, ''Rundt jordet'' from 2000, and ''Bort frå jordet'' from 2003 – illustrated by Akin Düzakin.[
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Awards
* Nynorsk Literature Prize
The Nynorsk Literature Prize is awarded annually by Noregs Mållag, Det Norske Teatret and Det Norske Samlaget for the best book in either Nynorsk or dialect. The award is presented for the best novel, poetry, novellas, or drama in the past year.
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1996 for ''Utmark''
* Samlagsprisen 1999
See also
* Norwegian literature
Norwegian literature is literature composed in Norway or by Norwegian people. The history of Norwegian literature starts with the pagan Eddaic poems and skaldic verse of the 9th and 10th centuries with poets such as Bragi Boddason and Eyvindr Sk ...
References
1950 births
Living people
People from Sør-Trøndelag
20th-century Norwegian poets
20th-century Norwegian novelists
Norwegian children's writers
Norwegian literary critics
Norwegian male poets
Norwegian male novelists
20th-century Norwegian male writers
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