Terje Johanssen (4 June 1942 – 27 May 2005) was a

Norwegian Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe *Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway *Demographics of Norway *The Norwegian language, including the ...

poet, born in

Svolvær Svolvær () is the administrative centre of Vågan Municipality in Nordland County, Norway. It is located on the island of Austvågøya in the Lofoten archipelago, along the Vestfjorden. The town has a population (2018) of 4,720 which gives the ...

. He made his literary debut in 1975 with the poetry collection ''Vegen å gå''. He was awarded the

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in 1983, shared with

Karin Bang Karin Bang (3 December 1928 – 20 August 2017) was a Norwegian poet, novelist, children's writer and crime fiction writer.

. He edited the magazine ''Poesi Magasin'' from 1983 to 1985.

Bibliography

*1975 ''Vegen å gå'' *1977 ''Hard sorg'' *1979 ''Glass, glødende jern'' *1980 ''En finger av granitt'' *1981 ''Jeg forklarer meg om kjærligheten mellom oss'' *1983 ''Blekksprutskogen'' *1984 ''Nytt liv'' *1986 ''De talende, de tause'' *1988 ''Fuglenes orden'' *1989 ''Spor av himmel'' *1990 ''By 1990'' *1991 ''Montys Restaurant. En fortelling'' *1993 ''Han som kommer'' *1994 ''I en annen verden'' *1996 ''Frontavsnitt'' *1997 ''Uttexti'' *1998 ''Harry og Isolde'' *1999 ''Frontavsnitt 2. Klagesanger'' *2001 ''Atlanterens klokker'' *2003 ''Jeg går omkring'' *2004 ''Slike kvelders gud''

References

1942 births 2005 deaths People from Vågan 20th-century Norwegian poets Norwegian male poets 20th-century Norwegian male writers {{Norway-writer-stub