Bruno K. Öijer

Bruno K. Öijer
Bruno K Öijer signs his latest poetry collection at an antiquarian in Stockholm.
Born	Kenneth Bruno Öijer (1951-11-26) 26 November 1951 Linköping, Sweden
Occupation	Poet
Nationality	Swedish
Period	1973–
Genre	Poetry
Notable works	Giljotin Medan giftet verkar Det förlorade ordet Dimman av allt
Notable awards	Carl Emil Englund-priset 1991 De Nios Vinterpris 1995 Bellmanpriset 1999 Sveriges Radios Lyrikpris 1999 De Nios stora pris 2002 Erik Lindegren-priset 2002
Spouse	Maya Eizin Öijer

Bruno Keats Öijer (born 26 November 1951 in Linköping, Sweden) is a renowned contemporary Swedish poet.

Biography

Öijer was born in Linköping in 1951. His first collection of poems, Sång för anarkismen (lit. Song for Anarchism) was published in 1973.^[1]

Öijer is perhaps most appreciated as a stage performance poet, and he has made notable appearances in front of large audiences. During the 1970s, he was a part of poetry group Vesuvius.^[1]

One of his appearances was that in Stockholm on June 6, 2003, at the occasion of the national day concert by Kent.

Bibliography

• Sång för anarkismen (lit. Song for Anarchism, poetry collection, 1973)
• Fotografier av undergångens leende (lit. Photographs of the Smile of Destruction, poetry collection, 1974)
• c/o Night (poetry collection, 1976)
• Chivas Regal (novel, 1978)
• Spelarens sten (lit. The Gambler's Stone, poetry collection, 1979)
• Giljotin (lit. Guillotine, poetry collection, 1981)
• Medan giftet verkar (lit. While the Poison Takes Effect, poetry collection, 1990)
• Det förlorade ordet (lit. The Lost Word, poetry collection, 1995)
• Dimman av allt (lit. The Mist of It All, poetry collection, 2001)
• Svart som silver (lit. Black as Silver, poetry collection, 2008)
• Och natten viskade Annabel Lee (lit. And the Night Whispered Annabel Lee, poetry collection, 2014)

External links

• Öijer fan-page

References