Jan Erik Vold

Norwegian poet · Norway · On the map · Writers · Born 1939 · age 87

Jan Erik Vold is a Norwegian lyric poet, reciter, translator and author. He was a member of the so-called "Profil generation", the circle attached to the literary magazine Profil. Throughout his career, he has contributed to modernist Norwegian poetry. Jan Erik Vold is currently living in Stockholm.

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2014Arts Council Norway Honorary AwardAward2008Lyricist Fund AwardAward2007NeshornprisenAward2004Anvil AwardAward2000Gyldendal PrizeAwardHonorary Doctorate of the University of OsloAward1997Brage Prize honorary awardAward1992Norwegian Arts Council's Translation AwardAward1988Dobloug PrizeAward1981Aschehoug PrizeAward1968Gyldendal's EndowmentAward1965Tarjei Vesaas' debutantprisAward1939Born18 October 1939

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