Gunnar Wærness

Gunnar Wærness
Born (1971-11-22) 22 November 1971 (age 53)
Trondheim, Norway
OccupationPoet
NationalityNorwegian
Period1999–present
GenrePoetry
Notable awardsDobloug Prize (2023)

Gunnar Wærness (born 22 November 1971) is a Norwegian poet. He made his literary début in 1999 with the poetry collection Kongesplint, for which he was awarded the Tarjei Vesaas' debutantpris. Among his other poetry collections are Takk from 2002 and Hverandres from 2006.[1]

He was awarded the Dobloug Prize in 2023.[2]

Selected works

Source:[3]

  • Kongesplint. 1999. (poetry collection)
  • Takk. 2002. (poetry collection)
  • Hverandres. 2006. (poetry collection)
  • Bli verden. 2007. (poetry collection)
  • Verden finnes ikke på kartet. 2010. (poetry anthology, jointly with co-editor Pedro Carmona-Alvarez)
  • Tungen og tåren. 2013. (poetry collection)
  • Venn med alle. 2018. (poetry collection)
  • Å skrive er å be om for mye. 2020.
  • Ta på Jesus/Touch Jesus. 2021.
  • Friends with Everyone (Venn med alle) translated by Gabriel Gudding, 2024.

References

  1. ^ "Gunnar Wærness". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 20 September 2010.
  2. ^ Iversen, Vidar. "Doblougprisen". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
  3. ^ "Gunnar Wærness". oktober.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2 June 2019.


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