Tone Hødnebø

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Tone Hødnebø
Born (1962-11-05) 5 November 1962 (age 61)
Oslo, Norway
EducationPhilologist
Occupation(s)Poet
Translator
Magazine editor
AwardsDobloug Prize (2005)

Tone Hødnebø (born 5 November 1962) is a Norwegian poet, translator and magazine editor.

Literary career

Hødnebø made her literary début in 1989 with Larm. She was a co-editor of the magazine Vagant from 1990 to 1997.[1] Literary historian Øystein Rottem compared her poetic style in her next collection, Mørkt kvadrat from 1994, with poets such as Rolf Jacobsen and Sigbjørn Obstfelder.[2] Later collections include Pendel (1997), Stormstigen (2002), Nedtegnelser (2007), and Nytte og utførte gjerninger (2016). She has also translated poetry by Emily Dickinson and Anne Carson into Norwegian language.[1]

Hødnebø was awarded

Gyldendalprisen [no] in 2018 (for 2017).[3]

Early and personal life

Hødnebø was born in Oslo in 1962,[1] and is educated as philologist.[2]

References

  1. ^
    Store norske leksikon
    (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 24 October 2010.
  2. ^ .
  3. ^ Mork, Geir. "Tale ved utdeling av Gyldendalprisen 15. februar 2018". gyldendal.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 20 September 2019.