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Cecilie Løveid
Cecilie Løveid
(Noorwegen, 1951)
© Søren Bruun / Kolon Forlag
Biografie
In contemporary Norwegian literature, Løveid is nearly always spoken of as a genre transgressor: there is poetry in her plays, theatre in her poetry, and she writes a prose which is a synthesis of various genres. In her later publications, she has increasingly investigated cultural-historical and societal themes in a more essayistic style. Despite her outsider status in terms of genre, she has been and still is one of Norway’s most visible and celebrated authors. She has been notable, however, for being exceptional, rather than as a representative for any literary trend, tendency or grouping.
As an experimental language artist, she operates freely amid all kinds of art and uses elements from the knowledge she has of painting, photography, music, dance, theatre, film and folklore and its study. Few texts are so interwoven with associative connections and, at the same time, so loaded with wholly concrete quotations, whether with roots in other literature, or in visual art, film or theatre; indeed, one might say that she is involved in the business of quotation across the various art forms.
Cecilie Løveid has said that she regards the writing of a text “as making an object”, and that she is, first and foremost, trying to get this object to seem well-made. It is most likely this way of thinking that results in texts that seem strict, limited and almost ‘moulded’ while being, at the same time, open, playful and flirtatious.
Despite an experimental focus on what it is to write poetry, Løveid retains a focus on classic themes such as life, death and love. In addition, her interest in classic literature and philosophy, from Euripides to Botho Strauss and from Plato to Wittgenstein, is clear throughout. As such, Cecilie Løveid is both a bearer of tradition and a force for renewal within Norwegian literature.
© Steinar Opstad (Translated by Cameron Sharp)
BibliographyPoetry
Mørkets muligheter, SWING forlag, Copenhagen, 1976
Fanget villrose, Gyldendal, Oslo, 1977
Badehuset, Gyldendal, Oslo, 1990
Mykt glass, Kolon forlag, Oslo, 1999
Spilt, Kolon forlag, Oslo, 2001
Gartnerløs, Kolon forlag, Oslo, 2007
Nye ritualer, Kolon forlag, Oslo, 2008
Svartere bunader, Kolon forlag, Oslo, 2010
Prose
Most, Gyldendal, Oslo, 1972
Tenk om isen skulle komme, Gyldendal, Oslo, 1974
Alltid skyer over Askøy, Gyldendal, Oslo, 1976
Sug, Gyldendal, Oslo, 1979
Plays
Dobbel nytelse, Gyldendal, Oslo, 1978
Måkespisere, Gyldendal, Oslo, 1983
Vift (Radioplay), Solum, Oslo, 1985
Balansedame, Gyldendal, Oslo, 1985
Fornuftige dyr, Gyldendal, Oslo, 1986
Dobbel nytelse, Gyldendal, Oslo 1988
Tiden mellom tidene, Gyldendal, Oslo, 1991
Barock Friise, Gyldendal, Oslo, 1993
Maria Q, Gyldendal, Oslo, 1994
Rhindøtrene, Gyldendal, Oslo, 1996
Østerrike, Gyldendal, Oslo, 1998
Den riktige vind (Play for children), Gyldendal Tiden, Oslo, 1999
Visning, Kolon forlag, Oslo, 2005
Children’s books
Lille Pille og Lille Fille i Den dype skogs teater (Picture book, ill. Hilde Kramer), Gyldendal, Oslo, 1990
Hund får besøk (Picture book, ill. Marek Wolozyn), Gyldendal, Oslo, 1992
Den riktige vind (Picture book, ill. Hilde Kramer), Gyldendal, Oslo, 1996
Fars ansikt (Picture book, ill. Akin Düzakin), Gyldendal Tiden, Oslo, 2000
Link
Cecilie Loveid’s website
Gedichten
Gedichten van Cecilie Løveid
Sponsors
Partners
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