The
Oslo International Poetry Festival (OIPF) was held on June 14 to 16th, 1985 and also August 14 to 20th, 1986.
Participants were, among many other:
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Octavio Paz
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Sonia Sanchez
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James Baldwin
James Arthur Baldwin (August 2, 1924 – December 1, 1987) was an American writer. He garnered acclaim across various media, including essays, novels, plays, and poems. His first novel, '' Go Tell It on the Mountain'', was published in 1953; de ...
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Andreij Voznesinsky
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Gherasim Luca
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R. D. Laing
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Roger Greenwald
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Jan Verner-Carlsson
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Protima Bedi
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Gherasim Luca
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Rolf Jacobsen
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Horst Baumann
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Piet Hein
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Albert Nordengen
Albert Nordengen (2 May 1923 – 18 December 2004) was a Norwegian banker and politician with the Conservative Party. He became one of the more popular and beloved mayors in the history of Oslo.
Background
He was born and grew up in Våler, Øst ...
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Ã…se Kleveland
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Karin Krogh
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Noel Cobb
Noel Cobb (21 March 1938 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA – 2 January 2015, England)
Philosopher, psychologist and author Noel Cobb lived and studied in Norway from 1959 to 1966 and made many friends there. Among them Axel Jensen, Jan Erik Vol ...
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Lawrence Ferlinghetti
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William Irwin Thompson
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Karl Pribram
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Wayne Garcia
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Joolz
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Randall Meyers
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Meyers resides alternately in Oslo and in Spoleto, Italy.
He st ...
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Hazel Henderson
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Patricia Leventon
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Arne Næss
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Francis Huxley
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Robert Anton Wilson
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Adele Getty,
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Ntozake Shange
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Ustad Nazim Ali Khan
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Sirje Kaerma
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A.T.H. Ljungberg
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Tomas Tranströmer
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Göran Tunström
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Bodil Lindfors
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Jarkko Laine
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Ellen Einan
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Warren R. Carlstrom
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Arne Nordheim
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Rói Patursson
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Anthony Barnett
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Robert Haraldsen
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The Fugs
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Erik Bye
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Russell Hoban
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Walter Ahart
*Mathew Collins
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Frode Alnæs
The Norwegian author
Axel Jensen
Axel Buchardt Jensen (12 February 1932 – 13 February 2003) was a Norwegian author. From 1957 until 2002, he published both fiction and non-fiction texts which include novels, poems, essays, a biography, and manuscripts for cartoons and animate ...
was chairman of OIPF in 1985 and in 1986. In the committees were also:
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Lasse Tømte
Lasse is a common masculine given name in Nordic countries. It is also often a nickname for people named Lars or Lauri.
People
Notable people named Lasse include:
*Lasse Aasland (1926–2001), Norwegian politician
*Lasse Ã…berg (born 1940), Swe ...
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Halfdan W. Freihow
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Thomas Bay
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Robert Haraldsen
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Jan Christian Mollestad
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Cecilie Sverre
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Kjell Finstad
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Kristin Hansen Kristin may refer to:
* Kristin (name), a Scandinavian form of Christine
* ''Kristin'' (TV series), a 2001 American sitcom
* Kristin Peak, Antarctica
* Kristin School, a school in New Zealand
See also
* Kristen (disambiguation) Kristen may re ...
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Randi Mikkelsen
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Tone Hovland
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Sven Bjørk
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Pelle Gustavsen
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Erik Varjord
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Ellen Lange
Ellen is a female given name, a diminutive of Elizabeth, Eleanor, Elena and Helen. Ellen was the 609th most popular name in the U.S. and the 17th in Sweden in 2004.
People named Ellen include:
*Ellen Adarna (born 1988), Filipino actress
*Ellen A ...
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Pratibha Jensen
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Bjørn Stendahl
Bjorn (English, Dutch), Björn (Swedish, Icelandic, Dutch, and German), Bjørn (Danish, Faroese and Norwegian), Beorn (Old English) or, rarely, Bjôrn, Biorn, or Latinized Biornus, Brum (Portuguese), is a Scandinavian male given name, or less oft ...
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Wayne Garcia
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Khalid Thathad
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Marte Askeland
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Geir Giske
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Trygve Ã…slund
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Tom Knutzen
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Ikhlaque Chan,
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Klaus Fjellberg.
Robert Anton Wilson dedicates his book
"Wilhelm Reich in Hell","...to all political prisoners, wherever they may be."' and writes: "I recently had the honor of writing the statement of principles that concluded the 1986 International Poetry Festival in Oslo, Norway, which was signed by all the participating artists and scientists. That statement is printed below, to transmit again a signal of solidarity with all victims of tyranny:
References
1985 establishments in Norway
1986 in Norway
Festivals in Oslo
Poetry festivals in Norway
Recurring events established in 1985
Recurring events disestablished in 1986
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