Jan Jakob Tønseth

Jan Jakob Tønseth (born 1 September 1947 in Oslo) is 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 is a member of Norwegian Academy for Language and Literature.^[1][2][3]

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

1. "Nordic Authors/Jan Jakob Tønseth". Project Runeberg. Project Runeberg. 28 August 2007. Retrieved 2009-02-21.
2. "Jan Jakob Tønseth". Cappelen Damm (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2009-02-21.
3. "Nordiske priser". Bærum public library (in Norwegian). 30 May 2008. Retrieved 2009-02-21.