Eldrid Lunden (born 5 October 1940) is a Norwegian poet, and 1996 became Norway's first professor in creative writing, at Telemark University College. She was awarded the Dobloug Prize in 1989, and the Brage Prize honorary award in 2000.[1]
Eldrid Lunden | |
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 Eldrid Lunden in Delphi, 2000 | |
| Born | 5 October 1940 Neustdal, Norway |
| Occupation | poet, essayist |
| Nationality | Norwegian |
| Genre | Modernism |
| Notable awards |
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Lunden belonged to the circle surrounding the modernist literary magazine Profil.
She was born in Naustdal and took her cand.philol. degree at the University of Oslo.[2] She is a sister of Kåre Lunden.[2]
Lunden married 1994 the Swedish literary scholar and poet Reidar Ekner[3] and lived with him in Telemark till he died 2014.
Awards
edit- Nynorsk Literature Prize 1982
- Dobloug Prize 1989
- Aschehougprisen 1992
- Brage Prize 2000 – honorary award
- Swedish Academy Nordic Prize 2012
References
edit- ^ "Tidligere vinnere av Brageprisen" (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 10 June 2008. Retrieved 14 October 2008.
- ^ a b Aanderaa, Dag. "Eldrid Lunden". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
- ^ "Eldrid Lunden". Nordk biografisk leksikon. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
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