Bjørn Aamodt
Bjørn Aamodt | |
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| Born | 24 February 1944 |
| Died | 29 April 2006 (aged 62) |
| Nationality | Norwegian |
| Alma mater | University of Oslo |
| Occupation(s) | Seaman, industrial worker and poet |
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Bjørn Aamodt (24 February 1944 – 29 April 2006) was a Norwegian seaman, industrial worker and poet.[1][2]
Biography
Aamodt was born in Bærum and died in Oslo, Norway. The son of artist and footballer
artium at Valler Gymnasium in 1962 and later studied psychology at the University of Oslo, where he graduated in 1975. Between 1962 and 1972, he worked as a sailor and dockworker. He was later employed as a crane operator and metal worker.[2]
He made his literary debut with the poetry collection Tilegnet in 1973. Aamodt was awarded
Nordic Council's Literature Prize
in 1995 for ABC and again in 1998 for Anchorage.
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Selected works
- Tilegnet - 1973
- Knuter, Mulm og andre dikt - 1980
- Stå - 1990
- ABC - 1994
- Anchorage - 1997
- Atom - 2002
- Arbeidsstykker og atten tauverk - 2004
- Avskjed - 2010
References
- ^ Eivind Myklebust (28 January 2016). "Bjørn Aamodt". Allkunne. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
- ^ Store norske leksikon(in Norwegian). Retrieved 16 April 2014.
- ^ Vidar Iversen. "Gyldendalprisen". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
- ^ "Halldis Moren Vesaas-prisen". Forfatterportalen. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
- ^ Vidar Iversen. "Doblougprisen". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
- ^ "Nordisk råds litteraturpris". Nordisk Samarbeid. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
- ^ "Tidigare pristagare och nomineringar". www.norden.org. Archived from the original on 7 April 2010. Retrieved 16 February 2009.
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