Finn Øglænd is a Norwegian

Norway

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 author, poet, translator and literature critic. He grew up on a small holding at Tananger

Tananger

Tananger is a village in the municipality of Sola, in the county of Rogaland, Norway. Its population is 5,817, a near double from 1980 when 3,020 people lived there.- History :...

 in Sola

Sola

Sola is a municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is part of the region of Jæren. The old municipality of Håland was divided into Sola and Madla in 1930....

 municipality.

Øglænd studied at the authors school in Bø

Bø

Bø may refer to the following locations in Norway:*Bø, Nordland, a municipality in Nordland*Bø, Telemark, a municipality in Telemark*Bø, Hordaland, a former municipality in Hordaland*Bø, Andøy in Andøy municipality, Nordland...

. He has worked at the Academy for the Written Arts in Hordaland

Hordaland

is a county in Norway, bordering Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Telemark and Rogaland. Hordaland is the third largest county after Akershus and Oslo by population. The county administration is located in Bergen...

. Since his initial publication of "Det opplyste landskapet" in 1983, he has produced an extensive collection of literary works covering various genres.

Øglænd was awarded a number of prizes for this work, including the Sunnmørsprisen 2000, for Dei penaste jentene på TV and the Skolebibliotekarforeningens litteraturpris in 2001, again in recognition for Dei penaste jentene på TV. He was also awarded the Samlagsprisen in 2005, and the Rasmus Løland-stipend in 2007 for his nonjudgmental depictions of youth as they are. He was also a finalist for the Brage Prize

Brage Prize

The Brage Prize is a Norwegian literature prize that is awarded annually by the Norwegian Book Prize foundation...

 and the Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature in 1999 for his children's book Fem dagar, fire netter (Five Days, Four Nights).

Poetry and prose

• Det opplyste landskapet – poetry (1983)
• Flammande mørke – poetry (1985)
• Mannen utan ansikt – novel (1985)
• Den niande himmelen – poetry (1986)
• Hengt manns himmel – poetry (1987)
• Opp i røyk. Pusteøvingar – poetry (1988)
• Pariserloff – novel (1988)
• Exit – poetry (1989)
• Auge i stein – poetry (1990)
• Underlege gjerningar – poetry (1991)
• Mannen med dei grøne fingrane – children’s book (1992)
• Mellomrom – poetry (1992)
• Ei fjør i hatten and andre poetry for barn – children’s book (1993)
• Hjarteblod – novel (1993)
• Dyra i Halvferdigskogen – children’s book (1994) (illustrated by Akin Düzakin)
• Den nye poesi-handboka – poetry (1994)
• Poetry i utval – (1994)
• Ramle- and skramlevers – children’s book (1995)
• Mortifikasjon – poetry (1997)
• Sjelefred – novel (1998)
• Fem dagar, fire netter – youth book (1998)
• Ubotelege rørsler – poetry (1999)
• Vers på tvers – children’s book (1999) (illustrated by Øyvind Torseter and Saeko Matsushita)
• Passe hard, passe mjuk – youth book (1999)
• Dei penaste jentene på TV – youth book (2000)
• Hjartets protokollar – short poetry (2000)
• Poesi er for desperados – poetry (2001)
• Så lenge alltid varer – youth book (2001)
• Stina på månen – children’s book (2002) (illustrated by Kristin Roskifte)
• Poetry mot det nødvendige – poetry (2002)
• Rebell – youth book (2003)
• Amok – novel for young people (2004)
• Opphav – poetry (2004)
• Det nye dyrealfabetet – children’s book (2005)
• Eksil – poetry (2006)
• Svarte sjeler – youth book (2007)
• I den kalde molda brenn eit bål – poetry (2008)

Translations

• Livet er enkelt og greitt. Sju franske poetar i utval (1988) (works of seven French poets - together with Rolf Enger)
• Eugène Guillevic
  Eugène Guillevic
  Eugène Guillevic was one of the better known French poets of the second half of the 20th century. Professionally, he went under just the single name "Guillevic".-Life:...
  
  : Den nærsynte horisonten (1991) (together with Anne-Birgitte Rønning )
• Charles Simic
  Charles Simic
  Dušan "Charles" Simić is a Serbian-American poet, and was co-Poetry Editor of the Paris Review. He was appointed the fifteenth Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 2007.-Early years:...
  
  : Dikt i utval (1995)
• Mark Strand
  Mark Strand
  Mark Strand is an American poet, essayist, and translator. He was appointed Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1990. Since 2005, he has been a professor of English at Columbia University.- Biography :...
  
  : Svarte kart ( 996)
• James Wright
  James Wright (poet)
  James Arlington Wright was an American poet.Wright first emerged on the literary scene in 1956 with The Green Wall, a collection of formalist verse that was awarded the prestigious Yale Younger Poets Prize. But by the early 1960s, Wright, increasingly influenced by the Spanish language...
  
  : Greina brotnar ikkje (2003)
• Rutger Kopland: Ei verd utanfor meg sjølv (2005)
• Hugo Claus
  Hugo Claus
  Hugo Maurice Julien Claus was a leading Belgian author who published under his own name as well as various pseudonyms. Claus' literary contributions spanned the genres of drama, the novel, and poetry; he also left a legacy as a painter and film director...
  
  : Oostakker-dikta (2007) (together with Roald van Elswijk )
• Eddy van Vliet
  Eddy Van Vliet
  Eduard Léon Juliaan van Vliet was a Belgian writer and lawyer. He graduated in law at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. The fact that his father left his family, played an important role in his poetry....
  
  : Den framtidige tjuven (2008) (together with Tyra Teodora Tronstad )