Morten Øen
Encyclopedia
Morten Øen is a prize-winning Norwegian
poet
and author
; his first work, I grønnskyggene ("The Green Shadows") was published in 1990. He has also worked in translation
of poetry from Norwegian to English, and from English to Norwegian.
He won the Oktober Prize in 2001, and the Halldis Moren Vesaas Prize
in 2004.
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
poet
Poet
A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
and author
Author
An author is broadly defined as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created. Narrowly defined, an author is the originator of any written work.-Legal significance:...
; his first work, I grønnskyggene ("The Green Shadows") was published in 1990. He has also worked in translation
Translation
Translation is the communication of the meaning of a source-language text by means of an equivalent target-language text. Whereas interpreting undoubtedly antedates writing, translation began only after the appearance of written literature; there exist partial translations of the Sumerian Epic of...
of poetry from Norwegian to English, and from English to Norwegian.
He won the Oktober Prize in 2001, and the Halldis Moren Vesaas Prize
Halldis Moren Vesaas Prize
The Halldis Moren Vesaas Prize is a Norwegian literary prize which is awarded annually to a Norwegian for lyric or other poetry which through the quality and magnitude of the work has established a significant voice in Norwegian poetry.The prize was established by the publisher, Olaf Norlis...
in 2004.