The Oslo

Oslo

Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...

 International Poetry Festival (OIPF) was held on • June 14 to 16th 1985 and August 14 to 20th 1986.

Participants were, among many other:

Octavio Paz Octavio Paz Octavio Paz Lozano was a Mexican writer, poet, and diplomat, and the winner of the 1990 Nobel Prize for Literature.-Early life and writings:... Sonia Sanchez Sonia Sanchez Sonia Sanchez is an African American poet most often associated with the Black Arts Movement. She has authored over a dozen books of poetry, as well as plays and children's books... James Baldwin James Baldwin (writer) James Arthur Baldwin was an American novelist, essayist, playwright, poet, and social critic.Baldwin's essays, for instance "Notes of a Native Son" , explore palpable yet unspoken intricacies of racial, sexual, and class distinctions in Western societies, most notably in mid-20th century America,... Andreij Voznesinsky Gherasim Luca Gherasim Luca Gherasim Luca was a Surrealist theorist and Romanian poet. He is frequently cited in the works of Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari.- Biography :... R. D. Laing Roger Greenwald Roger Greenwald -Biography:Roger Greenwald was born in New Jersey,where his father, a physicist, worked at the Fort Monmouth Signal Labs. He grew up in New York City and graduated from the Bronx High School of Science... Jan Verner-Carlsson Protima Bedi Protima Bedi Protima Gauri Bedi was an Indian model turned Odissi exponent. In 1990, she established 'Nrityagram', a dance village near Bangalore.-Early life:... Gherasim Luca Gherasim Luca Gherasim Luca was a Surrealist theorist and Romanian poet. He is frequently cited in the works of Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari.- Biography :... Rolf Jacobsen Horst Baumann Piet Hein Piet Hein (Denmark) Piet Hein was a Danish scientist, mathematician, inventor, designer, author, and poet, often writing under the Old Norse pseudonym "Kumbel" meaning "tombstone"...

Albert Nordengen Albert Nordengen Albert Nordengen was a Norwegian politician from the Conservative Party who became perhaps the most prominent, and best loved mayor in the history of the Norwegian capital.... Åse Kleveland Åse Kleveland Åse Maria Kleveland is a Swedish-Norwegian singer and politician.A well-known folk singer and traditional guitarist in Norway, she was appointed Minister of Culture in Norway from 1990 to 1996, representing the Labour Party under the Gro Harlem Brundtland administration... Karin Krogh Noel Cobb Lawrence Ferlinghetti Lawrence Ferlinghetti Lawrence Ferlinghetti is an American poet, painter, liberal activist, and the co-founder of City Lights Booksellers & Publishers... William Irwin Thompson William Irwin Thompson William Irwin Thompson is known primarily as a social philosopher and cultural critic, but he has also been writing and publishing poetry throughout his career and received the Oslo International Poetry Festival Award in 1986. He describes his writing and speaking style as "mind-jazz on ancient... Karl Pribram Karl Pribram Karl Přibram , also known as “Karl Pribram”, was an Austrian-born economist. He is most noted for his work in labor economics, in industrial organization, and in the history of economic thought.... Wayne Garcia Joolz Randall Meyers Hazel Henderson Hazel Henderson Hazel Henderson is a futurist and an economic iconoclast. In recent years she has worked in television, and she is the author of several books including Building A Win-Win World, Beyond Globalization, Planetary Citizenship , and Ethical Markets: Growing the Green Economy.- Career :Henderson is now... Patricia Leventon Arne Næss Arne Næss Arne Dekke Eide Næss was a Norwegian philosopher, the founder of deep ecology. He was the youngest person to be appointed full professor at the University of Oslo....

Francis Huxley Robert Anton Wilson Robert Anton Wilson Robert Anton Wilson , known to friends as "Bob", was an American author and polymath who became at various times a novelist, philosopher, psychologist, essayist, editor, playwright, poet, futurist, civil libertarian and self-described agnostic mystic... Adele Getty, Ntozake Shange Ntozake Shange Ntozake Shange born October 18, 1948, is an American playwright, and poet. As a self proclaimed black feminist, much of the content of her work addresses issues relating to race and feminism.... Ustad Nazim Ali Khan Sirje Kaerma A.T.H. Ljungberg Tomas Tranströmer Tomas Tranströmer Tomas Gösta Tranströmer is a Swedish writer, poet and translator, whose poetry has been translated into over 60 languages. Tranströmer is acclaimed as one of the most important Scandinavian writers since the Second World War... Göran Tunström Göran Tunström Göran Tunström was a Swedish author. He grew up in Sunne, Värmland County. Tunström's style is personal and intimate, and has a clear autobiographical tone... Bodil Lindfors Jarkko Laine Jarkko Laine Jarkko Laine was a Finnish poet and a writer of prose and plays. He also translated American literature to Finnish.... Ellen Einan Ellen Einan Ellen Einan is a Norwegian poet and illustrator. She made her literary debut in 1982 with the poetry collection Den gode engsøster. She was awarded the Aschehoug Prize in 2002.-References:... Warren R. Carlstrom

Arne Nordheim Arne Nordheim Arne Nordheim was a Norwegian composer who had since 1982 been living in the Norwegian State's honorary residence, Grotten, next to the Royal Palace in Oslo. Nordheim received numerous prizes for his compositions, and was elected an honorary member of the International Society for Contemporary... Rói Patursson Rói Patursson Rói Reynagarð Patursson is a Faroese writer and philosopher. He is also the director of the Folk High School of the Faroes.... Anthony Barnett Anthony Barnett (poet) -Published Poetry:His volumes of poetry and short prose include collected The Resting Bell and Miscanthus: Selected and New Poems . He was the publisher of the first edition of J. H. Prynne’s collected Poems and edited Veronica Forrest-Thomson’s Collected Poems and Translations and Collected Poems... Robert Haraldsen The Fugs The Fugs The Fugs are a band formed in New York in late 1964 by poets Ed Sanders and Tuli Kupferberg, with Ken Weaver on drums. Soon afterward, they were joined by Peter Stampfel and Steve Weber of the Holy Modal Rounders... Erik Bye Erik Bye Erik Erikssønn Bye was a versatile Norwegian journalist,artist, author, film actor, folk singer and radio and television personality... Russell Hoban Russell Hoban Russell Conwell Hoban is an American writer, now living in England, of fantasy, science fiction, mainstream fiction, magic realism, poetry, and children's books-Biography:... Walter Ahart Mathew Collins Frode Alnæs

The Norwegian author Axel Jensen

Axel Jensen

Axel Buchardt Jensen was a Norwegian author. From 1957 until 2002 he published both fiction and non-fiction texts which include novels, poems, essays, a biography, manuscripts for cartoons and animated films....

 was chairman of OIPF in 1985 and in 1986. In the committees were also:

Olav Angell Olav Angell Olav Angell is a Norwegian poet, novelist, science fiction writer, crime writer, translator, anthology editor and jazz musician.... Lasse Tømte Halfdan W. Freihow Halfdan W. Freihow Halfdan Wexel Freihow is a Norwegian literary critic, novelist, editor and book publisher.A son of diplomat Håkon Wexelsen Freihow, Halfdan Freihow was born in Mexico City and grew up in Mexico, Spain and Belgium. He graduated from the University of Oslo with a cand.mag. degree... Thomas Bay Robert Haraldsen Jan Christian Mollestad

Cecilie Sverre Kjell Finstad Kristin Hansen Randi Mikkelsen Tone Hovland Sven Bjørk

Pelle Gustavsen Erik Varjord Ellen Lange Pratibha Jensen Bjørn Stendahl Wayne Garcia

Khalid Thathad Marte Askeland Geir Giske Trygve Åslund Tom Knutzen Ikhlaque Chan,

Klaus Fjellberg.

Robert Anton Wilson

Robert Anton Wilson

Robert Anton Wilson , known to friends as "Bob", was an American author and polymath who became at various times a novelist, philosopher, psychologist, essayist, editor, playwright, poet, futurist, civil libertarian and self-described agnostic mystic...

 dedicates his book "Wilhelm Reich in Hell"

Wilhelm Reich

Wilhelm Reich was an Austrian-American psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, known as one of the most radical figures in the history of psychiatry...

,"...to all political prisoners, wherever they may be."'
and writes: "I recently had the honor of writing the statement of principles that concluded the 1986 International Poetry Festival in Oslo, Norway, which was signed by all the participating artists and scientists. That statement is printed below, to transmit again a signal of solidarity with all victims of tyranny: