Jan Jakob Tønseth (1 September 1947 – 12 October 2018) was a Norwegian author, poet and translator.
Tønseth debuted as a poet with the poetry collection ''Kimærer'' in 1971, when he was only 24 years of age. He achieved broad recognition as a novelist with his trilogy about the ex-communist Hilmar Iversen (''Hilmar Iversens ensomhet'' (1992), ''Et vennskap'' (1997) and ''Resignasjon og portvin'' (2002)). Tønseth was a member of
Norwegian Academy for Language and Literature
The Norwegian Academy for Language and Literature (), commonly known as the Norwegian Academy, is a Norwegian learned body on matters pertaining to the modern Norwegian language in its Dano-Norwegian variety, now commonly known as Riksmål and Bo ...
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Bibliography
Poetry
*''Kimærer'' – poetry collection (1971)
*''I denne tid'' – poetry collection, (1974)
*''Synlige dikt'' – poetry collection (1977)
*''Referanser (fjerne og nære)'' – poetry collection (1979)
*''Lengsel og lede'' – poetry collection (1987)
*''Motgift'' – poetry collection (1994)
*''Fromme vers for enkle sjeler'' – poetry collection (2008)
Prose
*''Drømmer og løgner'' – prose (1982)
*''PÃ¥ krigsfot med virkeligheten'' – essay collection (1984)
*''Antagelser'' – (1984), together with
John David Nielsen (malerier) )
*''Hilmar Iversens ensomhet'' – novel (1992) )
*''Et vennskap'' – novel (1997)
*''En rar skrue'' – biography of
Kjell Aukrust (2000)
*''Resignasjon og portvin'' – novel (2002)
*''Dikteren pÃ¥ terskelen'' – essays (2005)
*''Von Aschenbachs fristelse'' – short story collection (2006)
Translated poetry
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Arthur Rimbaud
Jean Nicolas Arthur Rimbaud (, ; ; 20 October 1854 – 10 November 1891) was a French poet known for his transgressive and surreal themes and for his influence on modern literature and arts, prefiguring surrealism.
Born in Charleville, he s ...
: ''
Illuminasjoner'' (1981), together with
Arne Kjell Haugen
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Stéphane Mallarmé
Stéphane Mallarmé ( , ; ; 18 March 1842 – 9 September 1898), pen name of Étienne Mallarmé, was a French poet and critic. He was a major French Symbolist poet, and his work anticipated and inspired several revolutionary artistic schools o ...
: ''Utvalgte tekster'' (1983), together with
Arne Kjell Haugen
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Guillaume Apollinaire
Guillaume Apollinaire (; ; born Kostrowicki; 26 August 1880 – 9 November 1918) was a French poet, playwright, short story writer, novelist and art critic of Poland, Polish descent.
Apollinaire is considered one of the foremost poets of the ...
: ''Alkoholer'' (1985), together with
Arne Kjell Haugen
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Henri Michaux: ''Mellom sentrum og fravær'' (1989), together with
Arne Kjell Haugen
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Guillaume Apollinaire
Guillaume Apollinaire (; ; born Kostrowicki; 26 August 1880 – 9 November 1918) was a French poet, playwright, short story writer, novelist and art critic of Poland, Polish descent.
Apollinaire is considered one of the foremost poets of the ...
: ''Dyreboken eller Orfeus´ følge'' (originally ‘’Le bestiaire ou le cortège d’Orphée’’) (1998)
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José Hierro
José Hierro del Real (born 3 April 1922 in Madrid, Spain – died 21 December 2002 in Madrid, Spain), sometimes colloquially called Pepe Hierro, was a Spanish poet. He belonged to the so-called Spanish Civil War, postwar generation, within the r ...
: ''New York-notater'' (2004)
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Édouard Glissant: ''De vestindiske øyer'' (2005)
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Roberto Bolaño: ''De noveltiske hundene'' (2008), together with
Kristina Solum
Prizes and recognition
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Gyldendals legat 1977
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Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature 1990
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P2-lytternes novelpris 1997
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Cappelenprisen 2002
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Dobloug Prize The Dobloug Prize (, ) 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. The prize sum is 4 * 150,000 Swedish crow ...
2007
References
1947 births
2018 deaths
20th-century Norwegian novelists
21st-century Norwegian novelists
Norwegian male short story writers
Norwegian children's writers
Members of the Norwegian Academy
Dobloug Prize winners
Writers from Oslo
20th-century Norwegian short story writers
21st-century Norwegian short story writers
20th-century Norwegian male writers
21st-century Norwegian male writers
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