Jan Erik Vold

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Jan Erik Vold
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Vold in 2010
Born (1939-10-18) 18 October 1939 (age 85)
Oslo, Norway
OccupationLyric poet
Jazz vocal reciter
Translator
Author
Period1965–present
GenreBiography
Non-fiction
Poetry
Poems
Anthologies
Relatives Ragnar Vold (father)

Jan Erik Vold (born 18 October 1939) is a Norwegian lyric poet, reciter, translator and author. [1] 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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He was born in Oslo, the son of journalist Ragnar Vold. [2]

Career

He has won numerous awards, including the 1965 Tarjei Vesaas' debutantpris for his literary début, Mellom speil og speil; Gyldendal's Endowment in 1968; the Aschehoug Prize in 1981; the Brage Prize for Poetry in 1993 and Honorary Award in 1997; the Gyldendal Prize in 2000; the Anvil Award in 2004; and he was nominated for the Nordic Council's Literature Prize in 1979 and 1999. He was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Oslo in 2000.

Multimodal work

In 1970 Vold collaborated with artist Irma Salo Jæger  [ no ] and composer Sigurd Berge to create Norway's first multimedia artwork, Blikk, which was exhibited at Henie Onstad Kunstsenter. [3] Blikk is now part of the permanent collection of National Museum of Norway, [4] having been recreated by composer and curator Jøran Rudi  [ no ] in 2022. [3]

Works

Poetry collections

Multimedia installations

Prose

Essays

Drama

Discography

Reinvented poems

Nonfiction, author biographies

Anthologies and other writings

References

  1. ↑ Store Norske Leksikon: Jan Erik Vold
  2. ↑ Økland, Einar. "Jan Erik Vold". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 22 August 2010.
  3. 1 2 Rudi, Jøran (2023). "Balancing Conflicting Types of Authenticity in the Reconstruction of Sound and Music in the Installation Work Blikk (1970)". Curator: The Museum Journal. 66 (1): 85–106. doi: 10.1111/cura.12539 . ISSN   2151-6952.
  4. ↑ "Glance". Nasjonalmuseet. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
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