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Wikipedia / Edvard Hoem

Edvard Hoem (born 10 March 1949) is a Norwegian novelist, dramatist, lyricist, psalmist and government scholar. He made his literary debut in 1969, with the poetry collection Som grønne musikantar. He was awarded the Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature in 1974 for the novel Kjærleikens ferjereiser. He was awarded the Melsom Prize in 2006, and the Peter Dass Prize in 2007 for the novel Mors og fars historie. He received the Ibsen Prize in 2008 for the play Mikal Hetles siste ord.

Several of his books (Kjærleikens ferjereiser (1974), Prøvetid (1984), Ave Eva (1987), Mors og fars historie (2005)) have been nominated for the Nordic Council's Literature Prize, but did not win this award.

Hoem was the director of the theater, Teatret Vårt (in Molde) 19971999. He has translated at least eleven of Shakespeare's plays into Norwegian.

Bibliography

  • Som grønne musikantar Poems (1969)

  • Landet av honning og aske Poems (1970)

  • Anna Lena Novel (1971)

  • Kvinnene langs fjorden Play (1973)

  • Kjærleikens ferjereiser Novel (1974)

  • Tusen fjordar, tusen fjell og Musikken gjennom Gleng Play (1977)

  • Gi meg de brennende hjerter 1. Melding frå Petrograd Novel (1978)

  • Der storbåra bryt Play (1979)

  • Fjerne Berlin. Gi meg de brennande hjerter 2 Novel (1980)

  • God natt Europa Play (1982)

  • Du er blitt glad i dette landet Poems (1982)

  • Lenins madame Play (1983)

  • Prøvetid Novel (1984)

  • Heimlandet Barndom Novel (1985)

  • Ave Eva Novel (1987)

  • Landkjenning Romsdal (1987)

  • Sankt Olavs skrin (1989)

  • Til ungdommen, Nordahl Griegs liv (1989)

  • I Tom Bergmanns tid Novel (1991)

  • Engelen din, Robinson Novel (1993)

  • Olav Engelbrektsson Opera (1993) (music: Henning Sommerro)

  • I kampens hete Essay (1994)

  • Bibelhistorier (1994)

  • Meisteren og Mirjam Play (1995)

  • Tid for klage, tid for dans Novel (1996)

  • Frøken Dreyers musikkskole Novel (2000).

  • Audun Hestakorn Play (2002)

  • Eystein av Nidaros Opera (2003) (music: Henning Sommerro)

  • Roerne i Christiania Documentary novel (2003)

  • Kristuskonfigurasjonar (2003)

  • Den fattige Gud Psalms and ballads (2003)

  • Kom fram, fyrste! Historic novel (2004)

  • Mors og fars historie novel (2005)

  • Faderen. Peder Bjørnson forsvarer seg (The Father. Peder Bjørnson Defends Himself.) biography on Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson's father (2007)

  • Villskapens år (The Wild Years. The Life of Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson 1832–1875) biography on Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson (2009)

  • Vennskap i storm Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson 1875-1892 (2010)

  • Syng mig hjæm Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson 1890-1899 (2011)

  • Slåttekar i himmelen Novel (2014)

  • Bror din på prærien ["your brother on the prairie"]

  • Land ingen har sett ["countries no one has seen"]

  • Felemakaren ["the fiddle maker"] (2020)

Translations

Edvard Hoem's most famous retranslations (Year of translation in brackets).

Awards

References