Gunnar Wærness

Norwegian poet (born 1971)

Gunnar Wærness

Born	(1971-11-22) 22 November 1971 (age 52) Trondheim, Norway
Occupation	Poet
Nationality	Norwegian
Period	1999–present
Genre	Poetry
Notable awards	Dobloug 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.

References

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