Ellen Einan

Ellen Einan ( born June 5, 1931 in Svolvær, † March 25, 2013 in Kabelvåg ) was a Norwegian poet and illustrator.

Life and work

Ellen Einan was born in Svolvær, the main town in the Lofoten Islands. Her parents were farmers and Sigrid Oluf Nymo, which removes a farm near the beach, a few miles from the center of Svolvær, chatted. She had four siblings, including her twin brother Arne.

Einan went to various odd jobs after their childhood. She worked in her hometown in the nursing home Alders Hvile and as domestic help. Occasionally she traveled and was, among other shepherdess in Trøndelag, domestic help in Oslo, and agricultural assistant in Denmark. As adults, they began a nursing education, but they broke off again. Most recently, she worked as a receptionist in a hotel Svolværer. They also drew up three children.

Before their first lyrical experiments Einan devoted to drawing. She drew predominantly animals, especially horses. The idea of ​​proof, came to her after reading a manual of automatic writing, which she had borrowed from the library. She wrote her poems all claims to "automatically" without really have an understanding of poetry, only under the influence of their subconscious. Many of her drawings were created in this way.

After a few years in which they had their work presented different publishers, they finally debuted in 1982 at the age of 51 years with the poetry collection Den gode engsøster Solum Forlag when. This was followed by twelve more volumes of poetry. Many of them, she illustrated itself

Einans poems often have a thematic relation to the life, death and fertility. So they wrote among other often about biological functions, spring and children. There were biblical mystical, magical, romantic and fantastic elements. Her illustrations have a high degree of symbolism, her writing style is very compact. Frequently in the literature review, the distinctiveness of her work is emphasized.

Einan gained notoriety in Norway soon. In 2002 she was honored with the Norwegian literary prize Aschehougprisen, which is endowed by the publisher Aschehoug with 100,000 crowns. 2009 recorded an organized libraries in Nordland jury it out with the Havmannprisen. In 2012 she won jointly with Roy Jacobsen the Doblougpreis Svenska academies.

She lived despite the attention directed to it remains relatively deposited in Svolvær. Most recently, she was in 2010 in public, as was shown in the local Nordnorsk Kunstnersenter an exhibition of her drawings. At the age she suffered from increasing dementia and died at 81 years in a nursing home Marit Haugen sykehjem in Kabelvåg.

Works

  • The gode engsøster. Solum Forlag, Oslo 1982, ISBN 8-256-00265-4.
  • Muldsøster. Solum Forlag, Oslo 1983, ISBN 8-256-00307-3.
  • Jorden har hvisket. Sansoni, Oslo 1984, ISBN 8-205-15386-8.
  • Søster natt. Solum Forlag, Oslo, 1985, ISBN 8-256-00403-7.
  • Nattbarn. Solum Forlag, Oslo, 1986, ISBN 8-256-00437-1.
  • Sene rop mellom bronsebergene. Solum Forlag, Oslo, 1987, ISBN 8-256-00488-6.
  • Hestene vaker i duggtoneengen. Solum Forlag, Oslo, 1989, ISBN 8-256-00654-4.
  • Døgnfargene he mørke. Solum Forlag, Oslo, 1991, ISBN 8-256-00733-8.
  • De nattstegene syv. Solum Forlag, Oslo 1992, ISBN 8-256-00829-6.
  • Jade min for angels. Solum Forlag, Oslo 1994, ISBN 8-256-00940-3.
  • Innenfor og he utenfor ett. Solum Forlag, Oslo 1999, ISBN 8-256-01195-5.
  • Dagen får min uro. Solum Forlag, Oslo 2004, ISBN 8-256-01424-5.
  • Noen venter på bud. Solum Forlag, Oslo 2009, ISBN 978-8-256-01623-5.
  • Samlede dikt. ed. and with an afterword by Jan Erik Vold, Bokvennen, Oslo 2011, ISBN 978-8-274-88260-7.
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