Jan Jakob Tønseth

Norwegian author, poet, and translator (1947–2018)

Jan Jakob Tønseth
Tønseth in 2007.
Born	(1947-09-01)1 September 1947 Oslo, Norway
Died	12 October 2018(2018-10-12) (aged 71)
Nationality	Norwegian
Occupation(s)	Author, poet and translator

Jan Jakob Tønseth (1 September 1947 – 12 October 2018)^[1] was a Norwegian author, poet and translator.

Tønseth debuted as a poet with the poetry collection Kimærer in 1971, when he was only 24 years of age. He achieved broad recognition as a novelist with his trilogy about the ex-communist Hilmar Iversen (Hilmar Iversens ensomhet (1992), Et vennskap (1997) and Resignasjon og portvin (2002)). Tønseth was a member of Norwegian Academy for Language and Literature.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Bibliography

Poetry

Kimærer – poetry collection (1971)
I denne tid – poetry collection, (1974)
Synlige dikt – poetry collection (1977)
Referanser (fjerne og nære) – poetry collection (1979)
Lengsel og lede – poetry collection (1987)
Motgift – poetry collection (1994)
Fromme vers for enkle sjeler – poetry collection (2008) ISBN 978-82-02-28679-8

Prose

Drømmer og løgner – prose (1982)
På krigsfot med virkeligheten – essay collection (1984)
Antagelser – (1984), together with John David Nielsen (malerier) )
Hilmar Iversens ensomhet – novel (1992) )
Et vennskap – novel (1997)
En rar skrue – biography of Kjell Aukrust (2000)
Resignasjon og portvin – novel (2002)
Dikteren på terskelen – essays (2005)
Von Aschenbachs fristelse – short story collection (2006)

Translated poetry

Arthur Rimbaud: Illuminasjoner (1981), together with Arne Kjell Haugen
Stéphane Mallarmé: Utvalgte tekster (1983), together with Arne Kjell Haugen
Guillaume Apollinaire: Alkoholer (1985), together with Arne Kjell Haugen
Henri Michaux: Mellom sentrum og fravær (1989), together with Arne Kjell Haugen
Guillaume Apollinaire: Dyreboken eller Orfeus´ følge (originally ‘’Le bestiaire ou le cortège d’Orphée’’) (1998)
José Hierro: New York-notater (2004)
Édouard Glissant: De vestindiske øyer (2005)
Roberto Bolaño: De noveltiske hundene (2008), together with Kristina Solum

Prizes and recognition

Gyldendals legat 1977
Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature 1990
P2-lytternes novelpris 1997
Cappelenprisen 2002
Dobloug Prize 2007

References

^ NRK. "Forfatter Jan Jakob Tønseth er død". nrk.no. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
^ "Nordic Authors/Jan Jakob Tønseth". Project Runeberg. Project Runeberg. 28 August 2007. Retrieved 2009-02-21.
^ "Jan Jakob Tønseth". Cappelen Damm (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 2012-02-17. Retrieved 2009-02-21.
^ "Nordiske priser". Bærum public library (in Norwegian). 30 May 2008. Archived from the original on 24 October 2007. Retrieved 2009-02-21.