Poem of the Week - all through 2019
In January, we were very excited to start Norway’s Guest of Honour year ahead of the Frankfurter Buchmesse by offering a brand new series: Poems of the Week, all through 2019!
The poems are available both in English and German translations – as well as in Norwegian – at our Guest of Honour website norway2019.com.
The selection of poems has been made by Tone Carlsen and Annette Vonberg. And the selection spans from poems from the earliest handwritten manuscripts up until today, with a special emphasis on contemporary poetry.
Read the poems here:
Week 52: Halldis Moren Vesaas: “Kalenderblad” in English and German.
Week 51: Ingrid Nielsen: “Denne morgenen og hemmelig (vintersolhverv)” in English and German.
Week 50: Rauni Magga Lukkari in Sami, English and German.
Week 49: Jan Jakob Tønseth: “Nattdrøm” in English and German.
Week 48: Eva Jensen in English and German.
Week 47: Terje Johanssen: “By i nord” in English and German.
Week 46: Hilde Myklebust: “Vinterlyset” in English and German.
Week 45: Gunnar Wærness: “båten / 5. november 2014” in English and German.
Week 44: Hans Børli: “Kjærlighetsdikt etter frostnettene” in English and German.
Week 43: Stein Mehren: “Frost” in English and German.
Week 42: Olav H. Hauge: “Kvardag” in English and German.
Week 41: Cecilie Løveid: “Skriftstøpersken”, in English and German.
Week 40: Ruth Lillegraven: “1910” in English and German.
Week 39: Steinar Opstad: “September” in English and German.
Week 38: Georg Johannesen: “Fullmånen” in English and German.
Week 37: Kolbein Falkeid: “Ankomst og avreise” in English and German.
Week 36: Sigmund Løvåsen: “Septembervindane” in English and German.
Week 35: Mona Høvring: "Nymfene dro sin vei " in English and German.
Week 34: Einar Økland: “Minne” in English and German.
Week 33: Harald Sverdrup: “Løvetannens bønn” in English and German.
Week 32: Olaf Bull: “Metope” in English and German.
Week 31: Tor Ulven: “Langs bladnervene” in English and German.
Week 30: Synnøve Persen: “nattløs natt” in Sami, English and German.
Week 29: Uke 29: Torild Wardenær: “Arvestykke CDXVI” in English and German.
Week 28: Anne Bøe: “sisyfossol” in English and German.
Week 27: Sigbjørn Obstfelder: “Sommer!” in English and German.
Week 26: Inger Elisabeth Hansen: “Grunnstøtt” in English and German.
Week 25: Aagot Vinterbo-Hohr: “Nattsol gjør våken” in English and German.
Week 24: Jan Erik Vold: “Solen og treet” in English and German.
Week 23: Gunvor Hofmo: “Nå er sommeren” in English and German.
Week 22: Inger Hagerup “Å, disse fiolette morgentimer” in English and German.
Week 21: Astrid Hjertenæs Andersen “Hestene står i regnet” in English and German.
Week 20: Bertrand Besigye: “Du i vinden og vinden i deg” in English and German.
Week 19: Ulrik Farestad: “Til en død linerle på balkongen” in English and German.
Week 18: Henrik Wergeland: “Omen Accipio” in English and German.
Week 17: Gro Dahle “Hvilket byggverk er reist på knokler?” in English and German.
Week 16: Øyvind Rimbereid “Krokus” in English and German.
Week 15: Marie Takvam “Dåp under sju stjerner” in Engelsk and German.
Week 14: Torgeir Rebolledo Pedersen: “Som tidene skifter” in English and German.
Week 13: Kate Næss “Trolldom” in English and in German.
Week 12: Paal-Helge Haugen “(Oppklaring)” in English and in German.
Week 11: Tarjei Vesaas “Ei frigjerande råk” in English and in German.
Week 10: Åse-Marie Nesse “Svanesang” in English and in German.
Week 9: Jon Fosse “Fjellet held anden” in English and in German
Week 8: Gene Dalby “Februarnatt” in English and in German
Week 7: Eldrid Lunden in English and in German
Week 6: Emil Boyson “Vindu i februar” in English and in German
Week 5: Tone Hødnebø “Når du kommer hjem” in English and in German
Week 4: From “Hávamál” (Old Norse poems from the Viking age) in English and in German
Week 3: Rolf Jacobsen “Vinterdikt” in English and in German
Week 2: Carl Keilhau “Januarskumring” in English and in German
Week 1: Rawdna Carita Eira in Sami, English and in German
Poem of the Week. 52 poems through the year
From the time when the earliest texts were recorded in runic inscriptions, poetry has had a strong position in Norway. By introducing a new poem each week throughout 2019, we aim to highlight the quality and breadth of Norwegian poetry. «Poem of the Week» presents 52 poems, inspired by the changing seasons and the passing of the year. The selection has been made by Annette Vonberg and Tone Carlsen, and consists of poems from the earliest handwritten manuscripts up until today, with a special emphasis on contemporary poetry.
