Torgeir Schjerven

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Torgeir Schjerven (born 28 August 1954) is a Norwegian author and lyric poet. Schjerven trained as a visual artist. He has worked as an actor in such films as Lasse & Geir (1976, directed by Svend Wam and Petter Vennerød) and Det tause flertall (The Silent Majority, 1977, directed by Svend Wam). [1] [2] [3]

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In 1995, Schjerven was one of the finalists for the Nordic Council's Literature Prize for the novel Omvei til Venus.

Torgeir Schjerven is married to the author Inger Elisabeth Hansen.

Bibliography

Poetry

Novels

Children's book

Awards

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References

  1. Torgeir Schjerven in NRK author's summary (Norwegian)
  2. Torgeir Schjerven in Dagbladet author's summary (Norwegian)
  3. Torgeir Schjerven in Aftenposten author's summary (Norwegian)