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 ...

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) *''På 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 på terskelen'' – essays (2005) *''Von Aschenbachs fristelse'' – short story collection (2006)

Translated poetry

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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: ''Utvalgte tekster'' (1983), together with Arne Kjell Haugen *

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: ''Alkoholer'' (1985), together with Arne Kjell Haugen * Henri Michaux: ''Mellom sentrum og fravær'' (1989), together with Arne Kjell Haugen *

: ''Dyreboken eller Orfeus´ følge'' (originally ‘’Le bestiaire ou le cortège d’Orphée’’) (1998) *

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) * Édouard Glissant: ''De vestindiske øyer'' (2005) * Roberto Bolaño: ''De noveltiske hundene'' (2008), together with Kristina Solum

Prizes and recognition

* Gyldendals legat 1977 * Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature 1990 * P2-lytternes novelpris 1997 * Cappelenprisen 2002 *

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 {{Norway-poet-stub