Jan Jakob Tønseth Explained

Jan Jakob Tønseth
Birth Date:1 September 1947
Birth Place:Oslo, Norway
Nationality:Norwegian
Occupation:Author, poet and translator

Jan Jakob Tønseth (1 September 1947 – 12 October 2018)[1] 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.[2] [3] [4]

Bibliography

Poetry

Prose

Translated poetry

Illuminasjoner (1981), together with Arne Kjell Haugen

Utvalgte tekster (1983), together with Arne Kjell Haugen

Alkoholer (1985), together with Arne Kjell Haugen

Mellom sentrum og fravær (1989), together with Arne Kjell Haugen

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

New York-notater (2004)

De vestindiske øyer (2005)

De noveltiske hundene (2008), together with Kristina Solum

Prizes and recognition

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Forfatter Jan Jakob Tønseth er død.. NRK. nrk.no. 11 November 2018.
  2. Web site: Nordic Authors/Jan Jakob Tønseth . 2009-02-21 . Project Runeberg . . 28 August 2007.
  3. Web site: Jan Jakob Tønseth . 2009-02-21 . . no . 2012-02-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120217012312/http://www.cappelendamm.no/main/Katalog.aspx?f=7083&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1 . dead .
  4. Web site: Nordiske priser . 2009-02-21 . Bærum public library . 30 May 2008 . no . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071024111348/http://www.barum.folkebibl.no/utiverden/litteraturpris/norden.html . 24 October 2007 .