Torgeir Schjerven is a Norwegian

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...

 author and lyric poet

Lyric poetry

Lyric poetry is a genre of poetry that expresses personal and emotional feelings. In the ancient world, lyric poems were those which were sung to the lyre. Lyric poems do not have to rhyme, and today do not need to be set to music or a beat...

. Schjerven trained as a painter and has illustrated children’s books

Children's literature

Children's literature is for readers and listeners up to about age twelve; it is often defined in four different ways: books written by children, books written for children, books chosen by children, or books chosen for children. It is often illustrated. The term is used in senses which sometimes...

. He has worked as a film

Film

A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...

 actor in such films as Lasse & Geir

Lasse & Geir

Lasse & Geir is a 1976 Norwegian feature film. It was written and directed by Svend Wam and Petter Vennerød.- Cast :* Torgeir Schjerven as Lasse* Lasse Tømte as Geir* Jorunn Kjellsby as Lasse's mother* Knut Pettersen as Lasse's father...

(1976), directed by Svend Wam

Svend Wam

Svend Olaf Wamnes Akstuft, known as Svend Wam is a Norwegian film director. He is known for his cooperation with Petter Vennerød, creating fourteen films under the moniker Wam og Vennerød.-Filmography:...

 and Petter Vennerød

Petter Vennerød

Petter Vennerød is a Norwegian film director. He is known for his cooperation with Svend Wam, creating fourteen films under the moniker Wam og Vennerød....

) and Det tause flertall - The silent majority (1977, directed by Svend Wam). He was also involved in writing the script for these movies.

In 1995 Schjerven was one of the finalists for the Nordic Council's Literature Prize for the novel Omvei til Venus.

Torgeir Schjerven is married to the author Inger Elisabeth Hansen

Inger Elisabeth Hansen

Inger Elisabeth Hansen is a Norwegian lyricist and translator. Her poetry collection Trask was awarded the Brage Prize in 2003 and nominated for the Nordic Council's Literature Prize in 2004...

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Poetry

• Vekk – poetry (1981)
• Nettenes melk – poetry (1986)
• Tanker og andre personlige bedrifter – poetry (1989)
• En nåde uten mål – poetry (1998)
• I anledning dagen – poetry (2002) (An oral edition published in 2003 was read by the author himself.)
• Den stødige tilstundelsen av jubel i virkelig trist musikk – poetry (2006)

Children’s book

• 1992 Hugo og de tre som forsvant, children’s book written together with Inger Elisabeth Hansen
  Inger Elisabeth Hansen
  Inger Elisabeth Hansen is a Norwegian lyricist and translator. Her poetry collection Trask was awarded the Brage Prize in 2003 and nominated for the Nordic Council's Literature Prize in 2004...
  
  , and illustrated by Hilde Kramer

Awards

• 1986 - Hartvig Kirans minnepris
• 1994 - Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature, for Omvei til Venus
• 1995 – Nominated for the Nordic Council's Literature Prize for Omvei til Venus
• 2002 - Halldis Moren Vesaas Prize
  Halldis Moren Vesaas Prize
  The Halldis Moren Vesaas Prize is a Norwegian literary prize which is awarded annually to a Norwegian for lyric or other poetry which through the quality and magnitude of the work has established a significant voice in Norwegian poetry.The prize was established by the publisher, Olaf Norlis...
  
  
• 2005 - Norwegian Academy Prize in memory of Thorleif Dahl