Terje Dragseth is a
Norwegian poet, author and film director, 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 ...
in 1955. Dragseth made his debut in 1980 with his collection of poems titled "Offerfesten" (The Sermony of Sacrifice). Since then, he's published seventeen poetry collections, and also published poems in anthologies and literary journals. Two books of short stories "Den amerikanske turisten" and Drømmeboka (The Dream book).In 1996, several of his poems written between 1980 and 1995, were published in an anthology, titled "Du. Dikt i utvalg".
Dragseth has also directed several short films since he studied to become a film director in
Copenhagen
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,
Denmark
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, in 1983 to 1987, and he has translated poetic works of both
Laura Riding Jackson and
Leonard Cohen
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.
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Dragseth also have a rock band I Sing My Body Electric (ismbe.bandcamp.com & Spotify, iTunes, and other digital music platforms.
According to the Norwegian literary journal, he has often been characterized as "an ecstatic" in contemporary Norwegian poetry, and he is considered to be one of the most prominent voices of his generation. He has asserted that ]humanism
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The me ...
is central to his work and was awarded The Humanist Award for 1998 by the University of Agder
The University of Agder (), formerly known as Agder College and Agder University College, is a public university with campuses in Kristiansand and Grimstad, Norway. The institution was established as a university college (Scandinavia), univer ...
in 1998 and Trizdán Vindtorn Poetry Prize in 2012. F.P. Jacks mindelegat 2018 (Denmark).
42 works in 122 publications in 6 languages and 249 library holding.
Link: https://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n80018622/
Bibliography
Original works:[
* 2023 Regnbueørret og kokt ris. Poetry.
* 2022 VOODOO SCIENCE. Jakten på den intermentale partikkel. Poetry/short stories.
* 2021 Epifanier ll. Prose poems.
* 2020 Alt jeg er redd for. Poems.
* 2018 Drømmeboka.En okkult dagbok.Short stories.
* 2017 Sange til dem som tror. Text for mass, music by Peter Bruun
* 2017 Epifanier l. Prose poems.
* 2015 Jeg skriver språket. A poem.
* 2014 Solen sukker i min sko. (Short stories).
* 2012 Bella Blu, Handbook for space. Poems.
* 2009: Weisskjäje Sein Lied - Wittreihs leed, Gutleut Verlag, Frankfurt am main. Translation "Kvitekråkas song" by Tone Avenstroup, Bert Papenfuss.
*2008: Ti titler: dikt 1980–2005. Ten collection of poems from 1980 to 2005.
*2006: TDZ: publiserte & upubliserte dikt og tekster 1979–2006, (Poems and other texts from 1979 to 2006))
*2005: Metaforenes tyranni? Essays in multi-author anthology
*2005: Kvitekråkas song. A poem with CD. (The song of the white Crow).][
*2006: Leonard Cohen: Lengselens bok, multi-author cooperation
*2004: Laura Riding Jackson: Tid for helvete (A need for Hell).
Music: ismbe.bandcamp.com., also on Spotify,iTunes, and several music videos on YouTube.
Last albums and singles are Hey You (Singel). Blood Is Thicker Than Sun (album), The Norwegian Album, Swim Now I Always Care.
https://open.spotify.com/artist/5riSFy3DtiaW0Z4kvUGLvb?si=5_s_dBRvTJiv4sD8R7yUXg
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References
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1955 births
Norwegian film directors
20th-century Norwegian poets
Norwegian male poets
Living people
People from Kristiansand
21st-century Norwegian poets
20th-century Norwegian male writers
21st-century Norwegian male writers