Anne Bøe Explained

Anne Bøe
Birth Date:	9 July 1956
Birth Place:	Ålesund, Norway
Occupation:	Poet

Anne Bøe (born 9 July 1956) is a Norwegian poet. She was born in Ålesund, and grew up partly in Tanzania.^[1] She graduated from the "writers' seminar" in Bø in 1982, where she had studied with Eldrid Lunden.^[2] She made her literary début in 1984 with the poetry collection Silkestein, for which she was awarded the Tarjei Vesaas' debutantpris. Among her later poetry collections are Ildrose from 1989, Sinobersol snø from 1993,^[1] and Minimum from 2009.^[3] Her collection Frostdokumenter from 2012 was described as giving language to people whose voices we seldom hear.^[4]

Typical for Bøe's poetry is her use of rhetorical contrasts, such as oxymoron, paradoxes and antitheses.^[2]

Selected works

• Silkestein (1984, poetry)
• Ordenes kildemor (1987, poetry)
• Ildrose (1989, poetry)
• Sinobersol snø (1993, poetry)
• Ingensteds overalt (1994, poetry)
• Krigslogikkene (2001, poetry)
• Sisyfos synger (2003, poetry)

Further reading

• Hagerup. Henning. Fingerspissdans: om Anne Bøes lyrikk. Vagant . 2 . 1992. 52–54.
• Grip. Johann. Men hva forstår en cello?: om lyrikken til Anne Bøe. Vagant . 2 . 1992. 57–59.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Bøe, Anne . Norsk Rikskringkasting. no . 2003 . 10 September 2014.
2. Book: Rottem, Øystein . Norges Litteraturhistorie. Etterkrigslitteraturen . Anne Bøe  - utsagn om tro og tvil . Øystein Rottem . 551–556 . 3 . Cappelen . 1998 . Oslo . no . 82-02-16426-5.
3. Encyclopedia: Anne Bøe . . Kunnskapsforlaget . Oslo . no . 20 September 2010 .
4. Web site: Anne Bøe. Norsk Litteraturfestival . no . 2013 . 10 September 2014.