Torgeir Schjerven

Torgeir Schjerven (born 28 August 1954) is a Norwegian author and lyric poet. Schjerven trained as a painter and has illustrated children's books. He has worked as a film actor in such films as Lasse & Geir (1976), directed by Svend Wam and Petter Vennerød) and Det tause flertall . The silent majority (1977, directed by Svend Wam). He was also involved in writing the script for these movies.[1][2][3]

In 1995, Schjerven was one of the finalists for the Nordic Council's Literature Prize for the novel Omvei til Venus.

Torgeir Schjerven is married to the author Inger Elisabeth Hansen.

Bibliography

Poetry

  • Vekk poetry (1981)
  • Nettenes melk poetry (1986)
  • Tanker og andre personlige bedrifter poetry (1989)
  • En nåde uten mål poetry (1998)
  • I anledning dagen poetry (2002) (An oral edition published in 2003 was read by the author himself.)
  • Den stødige tilstundelsen av jubel i virkelig trist musikk poetry (2006)

Novels

  • I det blodige blå novel (1984)
  • Omvei til Venus novel (1994)

Children's book

  • 1992 – Hugo og de tre som forsvant, children's book written together with Inger Elisabeth Hansen, and illustrated by Hilde Kramer

Awards

References

  1. Torgeir Schjerven in NRK author's summary (Norwegian)
  2. Torgeir Schjerven in Dagbladet author's summary (Norwegian)
  3. Torgeir Schjerven in Aftenposten author's summary (Norwegian)
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