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Tor Ulven

Born

in Oslo, Norway

November 14, 1953

Died

May 18, 1995

Genre

Poetry

Influences

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Tor Ulven (1953–1995) was a Norwegian poet. He is considered one of the major poets of the Norwegian post-war era, and he won several major literary prizes in Norwegian literature.

His early works, consisting of traditional modernist verse poetry, were heavily influenced by André Breton and the surrealist movement. As the 1980s progressed he developed a more independent voice, both stylistically and thematically. The later part of his work consists mainly of prose. He committed suicide in 1995 in Oslo, the city where he was born.

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	Replacement by Tor Ulven, Kerri A. Pierce (translator), Silje Mari Lundal (Translator), Stig Sæterbakken (afterword), Søren Møllerhøj Porsmose (Translator), Mikkel Thykier (Afterword) 3.93 avg rating — 422 ratings — published 1993 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gravgaver: Fragmentarium (Norwegian Edition) 4.19 avg rating — 131 ratings — published 1988 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dikt i samling 4.60 avg rating — 68 ratings — published 2000 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Fortæring 4.41 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 1991	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Stein og speil: mixtum compositum 4.32 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 1995 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Etter oss, tegn 4.34 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 1980	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Det tålmodige 4.20 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 1987 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Forsvinningspunkt 4.25 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 1981	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Etterlatte dikt (Norwegian Edition) 4.18 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 1996	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“I never got to see a proper striptease. Not anything even remotely close. I was stupid and went to literary cafés and spent my time on artistic nonsense instead. Now it is too late. I am old and blind. I must content myself with hearing the garments fall. I dictated this.”
― Tor Ulven, Stein og speil: mixtum compositum

tags: black-humor, resignation, wasted-youth

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“Human age, he thinks, lying there in the darkness, should be measured in heartbeats.”
― Tor Ulven, Replacement

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“ОБЯЗАТЕЛЬНЫЙ УРОК

Ты переворачиваешь камень, лежащий на сырой земле, потому что тебе нравится смотреть на муравьев, желтоватых червей и двухвосток, которыми, конечно, кишит земля под камнем. Тебе первому дано открыть эти маленькие существа, застать их врасплох. Но на этот раз с оборотной стороны камня на тебя смотрит лицо, и оно начинает говорить невнятным голосом, пока комья земли шевелятся вокруг рта. Из этой сиплой и властной речи ты понимаешь, что наступает твоя очередь лежать лицом к земле, пока кто-то не придет и не перевернет тебя по случайности в порыве детского любопытства.”
― Tor Ulven, Тур Ульвен. Избранное

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