Knut
Ødegård
Years: 2004
Knut Ødegård was born in Molde, Norway in 1945. He studied theology and philology in Norway and England and was awarded a D. Litt in 1999. His first volume of poetry, The Dreamer, The Wanderer and The Well, was published in 1967, and since then he has published twelve volumes of poetry, which have been translated into many languages, the most recent being The Stephensen House (2003). He is also the author of two novels, a play, non-fiction works and essays and has translated ten volumes of poetry. He has been a literary critic in Aftenposten, the leading newspaper of Norway, since 1968, a position he still holds and is deeply involved in publishing and literary life in both Norway and Iceland. He is the holder of many awards and distinctions, among them the Anders Jahre Cultural Prize, Norway’s major cultural distinction and a knighthood from the President of Iceland in 1987 for services to literature.
Knut Ødegård was born in Molde, Norway in 1945. He studied theology and philology in Norway and England and was awarded a D. Litt in 1999. His first volume of poetry, The Dreamer, The Wanderer and The Well, was published in 1967, and since then he has published twelve volumes of poetry, which have been translated into many languages, the most recent being The Stephensen House (2003). He is also the author of two novels, a play, non-fiction works and essays and has translated ten volumes of poetry. He has been a literary critic in Aftenposten, the leading newspaper of Norway, since 1968, a position he still holds and is deeply involved in publishing and literary life in both Norway and Iceland. He is the holder of many awards and distinctions, among them the Anders Jahre Cultural Prize, Norway’s major cultural distinction and a knighthood from the President of Iceland in 1987 for services to literature.
