Torild Wardenær (born 30 November 1951) is a Norwegian poet and playwright. She hails from

Stavanger Stavanger (, , US usually , ) is a city and municipality in Norway. It is the fourth largest city and third largest metropolitan area in Norway (through conurbation with neighboring Sandnes) and the administrative center of Rogaland county. T ...

. She made her literary debut 1994 with the poetry collection ''I pionértiden'', which earned her Aschehoug's debutant prize. She received the Halldis Moren Vesaas Prize in 1998. She was awarded the

Mads Wiel Nygaards 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 ...

and

Herman Wildenvey Poetry Award The Herman Wildenvey Poetry Award ( no, Herman Wildenveys Poesipris) is a Norwegian award. It is conferred every year on July 20, the birthday of the poet Herman Wildenvey, in an event held at Hergisheim. The award consists of NOK 15,000 and a b ...

Wildenveyprisen 2012. 2012. ''Litteratur i Vestfold'' (June 6).
/ref> in 1997. Among her later collections are ''Paradiseffekten'' (2004) and ''PSI'' (2007).

External links

Official website: * http://torildwardenaer.no

References

1951 births Living people 20th-century Norwegian poets Norwegian dramatists and playwrights People from Stavanger Norwegian women poets Norwegian women dramatists and playwrights 21st-century Norwegian poets 20th-century Norwegian women writers 21st-century Norwegian women writers {{norway-writer-stub