Anne Bøe

Anne Bøe (born 9 July 1956) is a Norwegian poet. She was born in Ålesund,^[1] and grew up partly in Tanzania.^[2] She graduated from the "writers' seminar" in Bø in 1982, where she had studied with Eldrid Lunden.^[3] She made her literary début in 1984 with the poetry collection Silkestein, for which she was awarded the Tarjei Vesaas' debutantpris.^[1] Among her later poetry collections are Ildrose from 1989, Sinobersol snø from 1993,^[2] and Minimum from 2009.^[1] Her collection Frostdokumenter from 2012 was described as giving language to people whose voices we seldom hear.^[4]

Anne Bøe
Born	(1956-07-09) 9 July 1956 (age 69) Ålesund, Norway
Occupation	Poet

Typical for Bøe's poetry is her use of rhetorical contrasts, such as oxymoron, paradoxes and antitheses.^[3]

Selected works

• Silkestein (1984, poetry)
• Ordenes kildemor (1987, poetry)
• Ildrose (1989, poetry)
• Sinobersol snø (1993, poetry)
• Ingensteds overalt (1994, poetry)
• Krigslogikkene (2001, poetry)
• Sisyfos synger (2003, poetry)