Torgeir Schjerven

Torgeir Schjerven (born 28 August 1954) is a Norwegian author and lyric poet. Schjerven trained as a visual artist. He has worked as an 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).^[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

• 1986 – Hartvig Kirans minnepris
• 1994 – Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature, for Omvei til Venus
• 1995 – Nominated for the Nordic Council's Literature Prize for Omvei til Venus
• 2002 – Halldis Moren Vesaas Prize
• 2005 – Norwegian Academy Prize in memory of Thorleif Dahl