Jan Erik Vold


Jan Erik Vold is a Norwegian lyric poet, reciter, translator and author. He was a member of the so-called "Profil generation", the circle attached to the literary magazine Profil. Throughout his career, he has contributed to modernist Norwegian poetry. Jan Erik Vold is currently living in Stockholm.
He was born in Oslo, the son of journalist Ragnar Vold.

Career

He has won numerous awards, including the 1965 Tarjei Vesaas' debutantpris for his literary début, Mellom speil og speil; Gyldendal's Endowment in 1968; the Aschehoug Prize in 1981; the Brage Prize for Poetry in 1993 and Honorary Award in 1997; the Gyldendal Prize in 2000; the Anvil Award in 2004; and he was nominated for the Nordic Council's Literature Prize in 1979 and 1999. He was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Oslo in 2000.

Multimodal work

In 1970 Vold collaborated with artist and composer Sigurd Berge to create Norway's first multimedia artwork, Blikk, which was exhibited at Henie Onstad Kunstsenter. Blikk is now part of the permanent collection of National Museum of Norway, having been recreated by composer and curator in 2022.

Works

Poetry collections

  • 1965 mellom speil og speil
  • 1966 HEKT
  • 1966 "Istapptid"
  • 1966 blikket
  • 1967 Svingstang
  • 1968 Mor Godhjertas glade versjon. Ja
  • 1969 Bo på Briskeby blues
  • 1969 kykelipi
  • 1970 Spor, snø
  • 1970 Bok 8: LIV
  • 1978 S
  • 1979 sirkel sirkel: boken om prins Adrians reise
  • 1987 Sorgen. Sangen. Veien
  • 1988 En som het Abel Ek
  • 1989 Elg
  • 1993 IKKE : skillingstrykk fra nittitallet
  • 1993 En sirkel is
  • 1995 Kalenderdikt
  • 1997 Ikke
  • 2000 I vektens tegn : 777 dikt, anthology
  • 2002 Tolv meditasjoner
  • 2003 Diktet minner om verden Extended version published by Gyldendal 2004
  • 2004 Drømmemakeren sa
  • 2011 ''Store hvite bok å se''

Multimedia installations

Prose

  • 1967 fra rom til rom : SAD & CRAZY
  • 1976 ''BusteR BrenneR''

Essays

  • 1976 Entusiastiske essays : klippbok 1960–75
  • 1980 Det norske syndromet
  • 1984 Her. Her i denne verden : essays og samtaler
  • 1990 Poetisk praksis 1975–1990
  • 1994 Under Hauges ord
  • 1995 Etterblikk. Ernst Orvil, poet
  • 1998 Storytellers
  • 1999 Tydelig, 33 : essays 1965–1998
  • 2000 Mørkets sangerske. En bok om Gunvor Hofmo
  • 2005 ''God jul med Gertrude Stein og andre essays''

Drama

  • Prins Adrians reise : et hørespill for åtte stemmer, for NRK Radioteatret
  • Noe om noe : et fore-drag for radio, for NRK Radioteatret

Discography

  • 1969 Briskeby blues
  • 1971 Hav
  • 1973 Trikkeskinner
  • 1977 Ingentings bjeller
  • 1981 Stein. Regn
  • 1986 Den dagen Lady døde / Jan Erik Vold leser dikt av Frank O'Hara
  • 1988 Blåmann! Blåmann!
  • 1990 Sannheten om trikken er at den brenner
  • 1992 Pytt Pytt Blues
  • 1994 Obstfelder live på Rebecka West
  • 1996 Her er huset som Per bygde
  • 1998 Storytellers
  • 2005 Vold synger svadaåret inn
  • 2008 Drømmemakeren sa
  • 2009 Jan Erik Vold: Vokal – The Complete Recordings 1966–1977
  • 2010 Telemark Blue
  • 2012 ''Blackbird Bye Bye''

Reinvented poems

Nonfiction, author biographies

  • 1962 Johan Borgen : 1902 – 1962, coauthors
  • 1969 Edgar Miguel Molina : 1969 Author.
  • 1964 Tarjei Vesaas : et skrift lagt fram på Kulturutvalgets Tarjei Vesaas-aften i Universitetets aula 14. mars 1964, editor and co-author
  • 1975 Jazz i Norge, Editor together with Olav Angell and Einar Økland
  • 1978 Ernst Orvil : en bok til 80-årsdagen 12.April 1978, redigert saman men Johan Fredrik Grøgaard og Kjell Heggelund
  • 1980 Det norske syndromet : et kritisk syn på norsk lyrikk
  • 1986 Per Kleiva, redigert saman med Ulf Renberg and Harald Flor
  • 1994 Under Hauges ord : essays, samtaler, brev, dikt, fotos –
  • 2000 Mørkets sangerske : a book about Gunvor Hofmo
  • 2001 Uten manus : dokumentarisk 1980–2000
  • 2007 Ruth Maiers dagbok – en jødisk flyktning i Norge, ed.

Anthologies and other writings