Gulliksen, Geir
Winner of the Mads Wiel Nygaard Endowment 2008
Geir Gulliksen (b 1963) is an author and editor of fiction and general literature at Forlaget Oktober. He has published poetry, essays, plays, and two novels.
In 2008 Gulliksen won the Mads Wiel Nygaard Endowment for his literary work. In their statement, the jury wrote: “Geir Gulliksen writes in a beautiful and accessible prose, which challenges the outer limits of poetry in a way that has earned him recognition among the most sophisticated literary circles, at the same time as he can be read by anybody.”
"One of the finest Norwegian poets of his generation"
(Aftenposten)
Photographer:
Nils Vik
Selected bibliography & translations
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| 2010 | Forenkling | Simplification |
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| 2009 | Tjuendedagen | The Twentieth Day |
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| 2008 | Et ansikt som minner om norsk politikk | A Face Reminiscent of Norwegian Politics |
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| 2006 | Hannu, Hannu | Hannu, Hannu |
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| 2005 | Se på meg nå | Look at Me Now |
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| 2004 | In vivo | In vivo |
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| 2003 | Kanskje, kanskje ikke | Maybe, Maybe Not |
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| 2003 | Poetokrati | Poetocracy |
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| 2001 | Våkner om natten og vil noe annet | Waking up at Night Wanting Something Else |
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| 1999 | Voksne dikt | Grown-up Poems |
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| 1998 | Om tyngde og letthet | Concerning Heaviness and Lightness |
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| 1996 | Virkelighet - og andre essays | Reality - and other essays |
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| 1995 | Monografi | Monography |
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| 1991 | Lenkene flyter på vannet | The Chains are Floating on the Water |
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| 1990 | Steder: på torget | Places: In the Market Place |
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| 1986 | Mørkets munn | Mouth of Darkness |
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