Ingvar Moe (11 December 1936 – 2 September 1993) was a Norwegian poet, novelist and children's writer. He published more than 20 books including short stories, novels, poetry and textbooks.

Biography

Ingvar Moe was born and grew up in the farming district of

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in the county of

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. His parents were baker Sigurd Moe and Brita Talette Amanda Hardeland. He graduated from the teachers' college at

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in 1959. He worked for two decades as a teacher, principally in

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and

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. He made his literary début in 1975 with the poetry collection ''Løktastolpefrø'', for which he was awarded the

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. In 1976 he published the story collection ''Sommaren te Ingjeberr''. Among his novels are ''Rundt sjøen'' from 1986, ''Forbanninga'' from 1988, and ''Kvinner mellom mørke fjell'' from 1990.''Ei skål for Ingvar Moe!'' (NBU forfatterene)
He worked in many genres and turn to different audiences. He wrote, in addition to poetry, short stories and novels, textbooks for primary school texts for cabaret and theater. In addition to his writing for adults, he wrote the youth novels and children's books. Moe also released an autobiographical novel, ''Rundt sjøen'' (1986). As an author of books for children, he is known for humorous books about the grandmother.

Awards

* 1975

* 1987 Melsom-prisen * 1992 Kultur- og kirkedepartementets oversetterpris for barne- og ungdomslitteratur

Selected works

Books of Poetry

* ''løktastolpefrø'', 1975 * ''Fløttjevels bok'', 1977 * ''Himabrent'', 1979 * ''Barre litt, altså. Rime-lige dikt og songar'', 1989 * ''Dikt i samling'', 1995 * ''Ord om ord. Etterlatne dikt'', 1996

Novels

* ''Rundt sjøen. Bilete frå ein barndomsstad'', 1986 * ''Forbanninga'', 1988 * ''Kvinner mellom mørke fjell'', 1990 * ''Minnenes melodi. Ei bygdehore fortel'', 1991 * ''Ulveslåtten'', 1992

Children’s books

* ''Dei må ikkje skyta Garm'', 1979 * ''Garm blir borte'', 1981 * ''Heia oldemor! Ei heilt vill forteljing'', 1984 * ''Oldemor rock! Ei nokså vill forteljing'', 1985 * ''Oldemor og skurken, Ei endå villare forteljing'', 1989 * ''Oldemor gifter seg. Ei heilt vill bryllaupsbok'', 1993

References

1936 births 1993 deaths People from Etne Nynorsk-language writers 20th-century Norwegian poets Norwegian male poets Norwegian children's writers 20th-century Norwegian novelists Norwegian male novelists 20th-century Norwegian male writers {{Norway-poet-stub