Øyvind Rimbereid

Øyvind Rimbereid (born May 2, 1966 in Stavanger) is a Norwegian author and composer of lyric poetry. He has worked as an instructor at Skrivekunstakademiet in Bergen. Rimbereid holds a cand. philol. degree from the University of Bergen with high marks in Nordic languages and literature. He won the Brage Prize 2008 for his poetry collection Herbarium.^[1][2][3][4]

Bibliography

• Det har begynt – stories (1993)
• Som solen vokser – novel (1996)
• Kommende år – stories (1998)
• Seine topografiar – poetry (2001)
• Trådreiser – poetry (2001)
• Solaris korrigert – poetry (2004)
• Hvorfor ensomt leve, essays (2006)
• Herbarium, poetry (2008)

Prizes

• Sult-prisen 2001
• Den norske Lyrikklubbens pris 2002
• The Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature (Kritikerprisen) 2004, for Solaris korrigert
• The Brage Prize 2008, for Herbarium
• Shortlisted for Nordic Council's Literature Prize 2009, for Herbarium

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