Ingvar Moe

Ingvar Moe
Born (1936-12-11)11 December 1936
Etne, Norway
Died 1 September 1993(1993-09-01) (aged 56)
Nationality Norwegian
Occupation Poet
Novelist
Children's writer

Ingvar Moe (11 December 1936 - 1 September 1993) was a Norwegian poet, novelist and children's writer. He published over 20 books including short stories, novels, poetry and textbooks.[1]

Biography

Ingvar Moe was born in Etne in the county of Hordaland, Norway . Moe grew up in the farming area in Sunnhordland. He took a teacher exams at Stord school teacher in 1959. He worked for two decades as a teacher, principally in Nøtterøy and Nodeland.[2]

He made his literary début in 1975 with the poetry collection Løktastolpefrø, for which he was awarded the Tarjei Vesaas' debutantpris. In 1976 he published the story collection Sommaren te Ingjeberr. Among his novels are Rundt sjøen from 1986, Forbanninga from 1988, and Kvinner mellom mørke fjell from 1990.[3]

He worked in many genres and turn to different audiences. He wrote, in addition to poetry, short stories and novels, textbooks for primary school texts for cabaret and theater. In addition to his writing for adults, he wrote the youth novels and children's books. Moe also released an autobiographical novel, Rundt sjøen (1986). As an author of books for children, he is known for humorous books about the grandmother.[4][5]

Awards

Selected works

Books of Poetry

Novels

Children’s books

References

  1. Ingvar Moe (Kulturnett.no )
  2. Moe, Ingvar (Nynorsk kultursentrum)
  3. Ei skål for Ingvar Moe! (NBU forfatterene)
  4. "Ingvar Moe". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 20 September 2010.
  5. Kaldestad, Per Olav. "Ingvar Moe". In Helle, Knut. Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 20 September 2010.


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