Geir pollen
Geir Pollen (born April 4, 1953 in Målselv ) is a Norwegian writer .
Life
Geir Pollen graduated with a Masters in Philosophy in Nordic from the University of Tromsø . He made his debut in 1982 with the poetry collection Posteringar i språket . His breakthrough came in 1998 with the novel Hutchinson's Eftf. , which was well received by the critics and nominated for the Brageprisen and the Nordic Council's Literature Prize. The novel has also been translated into Danish, German and Serbian. His poetry collections and the first novel Fall are written in Nynorsk .
From 2001 to 2005 Pollen was chairman of the Norwegian writers' association Den norske Forfatterforeningen . In 2004 he received the Critics' Prize for the best translation of the novel Austerlitz by WG Sebald .
Fonts
- Al . 1991
- Case . 1994
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Hutchinsons Eftf. 1998
- Hutchinson's follow-up translation by Angelika Gundlach , 2001
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Når the gule solen burner . 2002
- When the yellow sun is burning . Translation by Angelika Gundlach, 2006
- Raskolnikov's hus . 2010
- Armfeldt's armé: histories om en katastrofe . 2014
- En spøkelseshistorie . 2016
literature
- Øystein Rottem: Geir pollen . In: Store Norske Leksikon. Oslo 2010 digitized
Web links
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Pollen, geir |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Norwegian poet, writer and translator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 4th 1953 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Målselv |