Pedro Carmona-Alvarez
Pedro Carmona-Alvarez , (* 1972 in La Serena , Chile) is a naturalized Norwegian novelist, poet and musician.
life and work
Because his father was politically persecuted, he had to flee Chile when he was ten and came to Norway via Argentina. Carmona-Alvarez made her debut in 1997 with the Helter poetry collection . Other volumes of poetry, essays and novels followed. In 2012 he received the P2-lytternes novel prize for his novel Og været skiftet og det ble sommer og så videre (German: later, in the future that will come , 2013).
Pedro Carmona-Alvarez lives in Bergen .
Awards
- Cappelenprisen (2004) for Prinsens gate
- The norske Lyrikklubbens pris (2005) for Prinsens gate
- Sultprisen (2005)
- Novel award of the P2 audience (2012) for Og været skiftet og det ble sommer og så videre
Works
- Helter . Poems, Cappelen, Oslo 1997
- La det bare bli blåmerker igjen . Novel. Cappelen, Oslo 2000
- Clown town . Poems. Cappelen, Oslo 2002
- Prinsens gate . Poems. Cappelen, Oslo 2004
- Hjemmelekser . Essays. Cappelen, Oslo 2007
- Rust . Novel. Kolon forlag, Oslo 2009
- And there are ski lifts and the summer and there are videos . Novel. Kolon forlag, Oslo 2012 (German later, in the future that will come , Open House Verlag , Leipzig 2013)
- Bergen Ungdomsteater (2016)
Web links
- Steinar Opstad: Pedro Carmona-Alvarez
- Poems in Norwegian and English
- Portrait and interview with Pedro Carmona-Alvarez, November 2012
- Jens Wabø on the essay collection Hjemmelekser by Pedro Carmona-Alvarez, April 2007
- Interview by Morten Auklend and Bjarte Brandal with Pedro Carmona-Alvarez, 2002
- P2-lytternes Novel Prize 2012
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Carmona-Alvarez, Pedro |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Norwegian writer and musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1972 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | La Serena (Chile) |