Ingvar Moe was a Norwegian poet, novelist and children's writer. He published over 20 books including short stories, novels, poetry and textbooks.

Biography

Ingvar Moe was born in Etne

Etne

Etne is a municipality in the county of Hordaland, Norway. Etne is located within the traditional district of Haugaland. Etne was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 . Most of Skånevik was merged with Etne on 1 January 1965.-Name:The municipality is named after the Etnefjord...

 in the county of 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...

, Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 . Moe grew up in the farming area in Sunnhordland

Sunnhordland

Sunnhordland is a traditional district in the western part of Norway, consisting of the southern, coastal regions of the county of Hordaland, from the mouth of the Hardangerfjord and outwards to the Atlantic Ocean...

. He took a teacher exams at Stord

Stord

Stord is a municipality in the county of Hordaland, Norway. Stord is sometimes called "Norway in miniature" - as it has such a variety of landscapes: coastline, fjords, forests, agricultural land, and mountain areas....

 school teacher in 1959. He worked for two decades as a teacher, principally in Nøtterøy

Nøtterøy

Nøtterøy is a municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Borgheim.The parish of Nøtterø was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838...

 and Nodeland

Nodeland

Nodeland is the administrative centre of Songdalen municipality, Norway. Its population is 1,834. The distance from the city of Kristiansand is about 10 km....

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He made his literary début in 1975 with the poetry collection Løktastolpefrø, for which he was awarded the Tarjei Vesaas' debutantpris

Tarjei Vesaas' debutantpris

Tarjei Vesaas's debutantpris is a prize awarded annually for the best first literary work in Norwegian. It is awarded by the Norwegian Authors' Union, and the organisation's 9-member Literary Caucus constitutes the jury for the prize...

. 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.

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.

Awards

• 1975 Tarjei Vesaas' debutantpris
  Tarjei Vesaas' debutantpris
  Tarjei Vesaas's debutantpris is a prize awarded annually for the best first literary work in Norwegian. It is awarded by the Norwegian Authors' Union, and the organisation's 9-member Literary Caucus constitutes the jury for the prize...
  
  
• 1987 Melsom-prisen
• 1992 Kultur- og kirkedepartementets oversetterpris for barne- og ungdomslitteratur

Books of Poetry

• løktastolpefrø, 1975
• Fløttjevels bok, 1977
• Himabrent, 1979
• Barre litt, altså. Rime-lige dikt og songar, 1989
• Dikt i samling, 1995
• Ord om ord. Etterlatne dikt, 1996

Novels

• Rundt sjøen. Bilete frå ein barndomsstad, 1986
• Forbanninga, 1988
• Kvinner mellom mørke fjell, 1990
• Minnenes melodi. Ei bygdehore fortel, 1991
• Ulveslåtten, 1992

Children’s books

• Dei må ikkje skyta Garm, 1979
• Garm blir borte, 1981
• Heia oldemor! Ei heilt vill forteljing, 1984
• Oldemor rock! Ei nokså vill forteljing, 1985
• Oldemor og skurken, Ei endå villare forteljing, 1989
• Oldemor gifter seg. Ei heilt vill bryllaupsbok, 1993