Øyvind BergØyvind Berg (born 14 January 1959 is a Norwegian lyric poet, playwright

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, actor

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 and translator.

Berg was born in Oslo

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. He studied to the intermediate level in philosophy

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, literature

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 and egyptology

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 at the University of Bergen

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 and the University of Tromsø

University of Tromsø

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. He was a member of the Norwegian Authors' Union

Norwegian Authors' Union

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 from 1987 to 1988 and 1993 to 1996. He was selected to serve on the Arts Council Norway's appeal committee for recognition of new Norwegian literature. In 1997, he was artistic director for Norwegian Festival of Literature

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. Berg's poetry has been translated into German, English and Danish.

Awards

• Oktoberprisen 1992
• Brage Prize
  Brage Prize
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   1995, for Forskjellig
• Norsk teaterlederforums oversetterpris 1996
• Aschehoug Prize
  Aschehoug Prize
  The Aschehoug Prize is published annually by the Norwegian publishing house Aschehoug. The Aschehoug Prize is awarded Norwegian authors on the basis of the merit of a recent publication. It is awarded on merit, irrespective of the publisher, base on a binding recommendation from the Norwegian...
  
   1999
• Halldis Moren Vesaas-prisen 2000
• Språklig samlings litteraturpris 2002
• Hold Dampen Oppe-prisen 2003
• Danse- og teatersentrums Scenekunstpris 2003