Nils Christian Moe-Repstad (1 February 1972 – 15 September 2022) was a Norwegian poet. He received the

Dobloug Prize The Dobloug Prize (, ) is a literature prize awarded for Swedish and Norwegian fiction. The prize is named after Norwegian businessman and philanthropist Birger Dobloug (1881–1944) pursuant to his bequest. The prize sum is 4 * 150,000 Swedish crow ...

in 2020.

Career

Moe-Repstad made his literary début in 1996 with the poetry collection ''Nå''. His poetry collection earned him the . Among his other poetry collections are ''Teori om det eneste'' from 2013 and ''Wunderkammer'' from 2016, which were both nominated for the

Brage Prize The Brage Prize (Norwegian: ''Brageprisen'') is a Norwegian literature prize that is awarded annually by the Norwegian Book Prize foundation (''Den norske bokprisen''). The prize recognizes recently published Norwegian literature. The Brage Pr ...

. He was awarded the

in 2020.

Personal life

Born in

Kristiansand Kristiansand is a city and Municipalities of Norway, municipality in Agder county, Norway. The city is the fifth-largest and the municipality is the sixth-largest in Norway, with a population of around 116,000 as of January 2020, following th ...

on 1 February 1972, Moe-Repstad suffered from

paraplegia Paraplegia, or paraparesis, is an impairment in motor or sensory function of the lower extremities. The word comes from Ionic Greek () "half-stricken". It is usually caused by spinal cord injury or a congenital condition that affects the neura ...

due to a diving accident at the age of 19. Moe-Repstad died in Kristiansand on 15 September 2022, at the age of 50.

References

1972 births People from Kristiansand 20th-century Norwegian poets Norwegian male poets 2022 deaths 21st-century Norwegian poets {{Norway-writer-stub