Jan Jakob Tønseth (1 September 1947 – 12 October 2018) was a Norwegian author, poet and translator.
Tønseth debuted as a poet with the poetry collection Kimærer in 1971, when he was only 24 years of age. He achieved broad recognition as a novelist with his trilogy about the ex-communist Hilmar Iversen (Hilmar Iversens ensomhet (1992), Et vennskap (1997) and Resignasjon og portvin (2002)). Tønseth was a member of Norwegian Academy for Language and Literature.
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Poetry Kimærer – poetry collection (1971) I denne tid – poetry collection, (1974) Synlige dikt – poetry collection (1977) Referanser (fjerne og nære) – poetry collection (1979) Lengsel og lede – poetry collection (1987) Motgift – poetry collection (1994) Fromme vers for enkle sjeler – poetry collection (2008)
Prose Drømmer og løgner – prose (1982) På krigsfot med virkeligheten – essay collection (1984) Antagelser – (1984), together with John David Nielsen (malerier) ) Hilmar Iversens ensomhet – novel (1992) ) Et vennskap – novel (1997) En rar skrue – biography of Kjell Aukrust (2000) Resignasjon og portvin – novel (2002) Dikteren på terskelen – essays (2005) Von Aschenbachs fristelse – short story collection (2006)
Translated poetry Arthur Rimbaud: Illuminasjoner (1981), together with Arne Kjell Haugen Stéphane Mallarmé: Utvalgte tekster (1983), together with Arne Kjell Haugen Guillaume Apollinaire: Alkoholer (1985), together with Arne Kjell Haugen Henri Michaux: Mellom sentrum og fravær (1989), together with Arne Kjell Haugen Guillaume Apollinaire: Dyreboken eller Orfeus´ følge (originally ‘’Le bestiaire ou le cortège d’Orphée’’) (1998) José Hierro: New York-notater (2004) Édouard Glissant: De vestindiske øyer (2005) Roberto Bolaño: De noveltiske hundene (2008), together with Kristina Solum
Prizes and recognition Gyldendals legat 1977 Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature 1990 P2-lytternes novelpris 1997 Cappelenprisen 2002 Dobloug Prize 2007
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