Terje Dragseth

Terje Dragseth is a Norwegian poet, author and film director, born in Kristiansand in 1955. Dragseth made his debut in 1980 with his collection of poems titled "Offerfesten" (The Sermony of Sacrifice). Since then, he's published seventeen poetry collections, and also published poems in anthologies and literary journals. Two books of short stories "Den amerikanske turisten" and Drømmeboka (The Dream book).In 1996, several of his poems written between 1980 and 1995, were published in an anthology, titled "Du. Dikt i utvalg".

Dragseth has also directed several short films since he studied to become a film director in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1983 to 1987, and he has translated poetic works of both Laura Riding Jackson and Leonard Cohen. Dragseth also have a rock band I Sing My Body Electric (ismbe.bandcamp.com & Spotify, iTunes, and other digital music platforms. According to the Norwegian literary journal, he has often been characterized as "an ecstatic" in contemporary Norwegian poetry, and he is considered to be one of the most prominent voices of his generation. He has asserted that humanism is central to his work and was awarded The Humanist Award for 1998 by the University of Agder in 1998 and Trizdán Vindtorn Poetry Prize in 2012. F.P. Jacks mindelegat 2018 (Denmark).

42 works in 122 publications in 6 languages and 249 library holding. Link: https://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n80018622/