Rune Christiansen (born 10 April 1963 in

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) is a Norwegian

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and

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. He is a professor of creative writing at Telemark University College. He won the

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in 2014 and the Gyldendal lifetime award in 2015. Rune Christiansen debuted as a poet in 1986. Since then, he has written twelve collections of

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s, and nine

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s. He has also translated Alain Bosquet,

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and

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. He grew up at

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and resides in Vestfossen.

Bibliography

*1986: ''Hvor toget forlater havet'', poem *1987: ''Sanger fra måneraketten'', poem *1989: ''I dødvanne'', poem *1990: ''Hvalene i Glasgow'', novel *1991: ''Skilpaddedøgn'', poem *1992: ''Dypt mørke'', novel *1993: ''En følsom tid'', poem *1994: ''Motormelkeveien'', poem *1996: ''Anticamera'', poem (ed. it. ''AntiCamera'', Lavìs 2015) *1997: ''Steve McQueen er død'', novel *1999: ''Etter alltid'', poem *2000: ''På ditt aller vakreste'', novel *2002: ''Om trær som vokser seg skakke i trange skyggefulle hager, men som likevel (eller nettopp derfor) gjør inntrykk og som man husker livet ut'', poem *2002: ''

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'', essay *2003: ''Intimiteten, novel. *2007: Fraværet av musikk, novel *2009: Krysantemum, novel *2014: Ensomheten i Lydia Ernemans liv, novel

Collections

*1998: ''Lett ferd: Dikt i utvalg'', poem *2004: ''Samlede dikt'', poem

References

External links

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