Talk:Morten Øen

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This article was inspired by, but not based on, a request that was posted to WP:AFC by User:85.19.147.39. For the record, here is the complete text that was posted by that anonymous user:

"Morten Øen was born in Stavanger in 1969, and has his current residence in Oslo. After attending the Writers Academy in Bø 1988, he had his debut as a poet with the book "In the green-shadows" in 1990. He has also been the assistant of photographer Dag Alveng from late 1990 to winter '91/'92, and his first art show as a photographer at Gallery Gahn in Oslo in 1992. Øen has published more than ten collections of poetry, a translation of Michael Palmer's poetry, several translated novels, and written a novel called "The Eye's Urge for Softness". He is a member of The Norwegian Writers Union. He is also a member of the photographical - DS 13:23, 30 July 2006 (UTC)movement GFSNT, and The Union of Free Photographers associated with The Organization of Norwegian Artists. The last years Øen has been a guest lecturer at The Writers Academy in Bø, in the topics of poetry and movie-scripts. In addition to have attended several juried art exhibitions, he has also recieved the literary Oktober price and Haldis Moren Vesaas poetry price."

This is distinct from the article that was actually created. DS 13:23, 30 July 2006 (UTC)