Øyvind Rimbereid

Øyvind Rimbereid (born 2 May 1966 in Stavanger) is a Norwegian author and composer of lyric poetry. He has worked as an instructor at Skrivekunstakademiet in Bergen. Rimbereid holds a cand. philol. degree from the University of Bergen with high marks in Nordic languages and literature. He won the Brage Prize 2008 for his poetry collection Herbarium.^[1][2][3][4]

Bibliography

• Det har begynt – stories (1993)
• Som solen vokser – novel (1996)
• Kommende år – stories (1998)
• Seine topografiar – poetry (2001)
• Trådreiser – poetry (2001)
• Solaris korrigert – poetry (2004)
• Hvorfor ensomt leve, essays (2006)
• Herbarium, poetry (2008)
• Jimmen, poetry (2011)
• Orgelsjøen, poetry (2013)

Prizes

• Sult-prisen 2001
• Den norske Lyrikklubbens pris 2002
• The Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature (Kritikerprisen) 2004, for Solaris korrigert
• The Brage Prize 2008, for Herbarium
• Shortlisted for Nordic Council's Literature Prize 2009, for Herbarium
• The Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature (Kritikerprisen) 2013, for Orgelsjøen

References

1. Øyvind Rimbereid as covered in NRK Forfatter (Norwegian)
2. Øyvind Rimbereid in Dagbladet Forfatter (Norwegian)
3. Øyvind Rimbereid in the Aftenposten Alex (Norwegian)
4. Øyvind Rimbereid in Vagant (Norwegian)