Øystein Wingaard Wolf (born 17 April 1958) is a
Norwegian poet
A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator (thought, thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems (oral t ...
and author, living and working in
Oslo
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. Since his debut in 1980 (''Morderleken''), he has published numerous books of poetry, as well as three music albums. He was awarded the
Mads Wiel Nygaard's Endowment
Mads Wiel Nygaard's Endowment is an annually awarded literary prize from the publishing house Aschehoug. The prize is a recognition of superior literary work. The publisher's editorial management makes the award based on their collective judgement ...
in 1986.
His father was
Jewish
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and in his works he "tends and irrigates his Jewish roots."
References and links
Aftenposten newspaper article
1958 births
Living people
20th-century Norwegian Jews
Norwegian male poets
Jewish poets
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