Paal-Helge Haugen (born 26 April 1945) is a Norwegian poet, novelist, dramatist and children's writer who has published over 30 books. His titles have been translated into at least 20 languages. His 1968 "punktroman" or "pointillist novel,"Anne, was the first in its genre and was soon considered a modern classic. In 2019, Hanging Loose Press published the first English translation of Anne], after Julia Johanne Tolo's translation of the book won the sixth annual Loose Translations Prize, jointly sponsored by Hanging Loose Press and the graduate writing program of Queens College, City University of New York.

Haugen was born inValle,Setesdal, and studied medicine at theUniversity of Oslo. During the period 1965-67, Haugen was a member of the editorial team of literary magazineProfile. He made his literary debut withBlad frå ein austleg hage in 1965, a translation of Japanesehaiku. It was shortly followed byPå botnen av ein mørk sommar in 1967, an adaptations of Chinese poems and his first collection of original poetry. Studies in film and literature took him to the United States in 1971. From 1973-1978 he taught creative writing in Norway. Since then Haugen has worked as a freelance writer.

Haugen has published eighteen volumes of poetry, including two volumes of selected poems and one of collected poems since 1967. His works have been translated into a 20th-century language. He has collaborated with numerous artists (Kjell Nupen,Grete Nash,Olaf Chr. Jensen,Jens Johannesen,Jan Groth, and others) and both Norwegian and international composers (Iannis Xenakis,Atli Heimir Sveinsson,Kjell Habbestad,Bjørn Kruse,Arne Nordheim,Lillebjørn Nilsen and others).^[1] He has been chairman of theNorwegian National Film Selection (1980–85), chairman of theNorwegian Authors Association Literary Council and deputy chairman of theNorwegian Playwrights' Association.^[2]

Det overvintra lyset, first published in 1985, won both theGyldendal's Endowment and theNynorsk Literature Prize for the year’s best book written inNynorsk. He received theDobloug Prize in 1987, and was awarded theNorwegian Critics Prize for Literature in 1990. He received theBrage Prize in 1994 forSone 0. Haugen was nominated for theNordic Council's Literature Prize in 1991 forMeditasjonar over Georges de La Tour.^[3][4]

In January 2009 KingHarald V of Norway made Haugen a Knight, First Class of theRoyal Norwegian Order of St. Olav, awarding him for his work for Norwegian literature and culture.^[5]

• Gyldendal's Endowment 1985
• Nynorsk Literature Prize 1985
• Dobloug Prize 1987
• Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature 1990
• Cappelen Prize 1991^[6]
• Brage Prize 1992
• Aschehoug Prize 2008
• Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav 2009

• 1945 births
• Living people
• People from Valle, Norway
• Nynorsk-language writers
• Norwegian children's writers
• Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature winners
• 20th-century Norwegian poets
• Norwegian male poets
• 20th-century Norwegian novelists
• 21st-century Norwegian novelists
• University of Oslo alumni
• Dobloug Prize winners
• Norwegian male novelists
• 20th-century Norwegian male writers
• 21st-century Norwegian male writers

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