Jorunn Aanderaa

Jorunn Aanderaa (12 September 1934 - 25 May 2025) was a Norwegian poet.[1][2]

Life

Jorunn Aanderaa was born on 12 September 1934 in Beitstad, Trøndelag county, Norway, the eighth of twelve children.[3]

She died on 25 May 2025, after living with dementia for many years.[3] Her funeral service was held at Uranienborg church on 10 June 2025.[4]

Writing

Aanderaa's 1966 Hansen på jorden has been described as "one of the few collections of concrete poetry in Norwegian literature".[5] She followed it with a novella, Tidssignalet (1967) and another book of poetry, Til (1969).[2] Her fourth and final book was published in 2024: Rat-a-tat-tat! has the subtitle Nye og gamle dikt [New and old poems] and includes work from her three earlier books and previously unpublished work, with an afterword by Eldrid Lunden.[6]

She was associated with the Profil group.[2]

Prints from Hansen på jorden were included in an exhibition "Sound Versus System: works on paper, visual poetry and other works" in Oslo's Kunsthalle.[7]

After 1969 she was said to have "withdrawn from the literary spotlight",[3] but on her 90th birthday in 2024 she was described as "one of the great avant-gardists of her generation".[8]

Selected publications

  • Aanderaa, Jorunn (1966). Hansen på jorden. Et symfonisk dikt [Hansen on Earth. A symphonic poem]. Oslo: Aschehoug.
  • Aanderaa, Jorunn (1967). Tidssignalet. Miniroman [The Signal of Time: a mini-novel]. Oslo: Aschehoug.
  • Aanderaa, Jorunn (1969). Til : En samling tekster [To: A Collection of Texts]. Oslo: Aschehoug.
  • Aanderaa, Jorunn (2012). Rat-a-tat-tat! Nye og gamle dikt [New and old poems]. Flamme. ISBN 9788282880077.

References

  1. ^ "Jorunn Aanderaa er død" [Jorunn Aanderaa is dead]. Den norske Forfatterforening (in Norwegian Bokmål). 4 June 2025. Archived from the original on 7 January 2026. Retrieved 31 December 2025.
  2. ^ a b c "Aanderaa, Jorunn". The History of Nordic Women's Literature. KVINFO. Archived from the original on 11 September 2024. Retrieved 1 January 2026.
  3. ^ a b c Klausen, Jon-Fredrik Bækgaard (26 May 2025). "Forfatter og Nationen-anmelder Jorunn Aanderaa er død" [Author and Nationen reviewer Jorunn Aanderaa has died.]. Nationen (in Norwegian). Retrieved 1 January 2026.
  4. ^ "[Order of service for Aanderaa's funeral]". Verd Begravelse. 2025. Retrieved 1 January 2026.
  5. ^ Langås, Unni (27 January 2012). "Towards a New Language". Nordic Women's Literature. Archived from the original on 18 November 2025. Retrieved 1 January 2026.
  6. ^ "Rat-a-tat-tat!". Cappelen Damm (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 1 January 2026.
  7. ^ "Sound Versus System: works on paper, visual poetry and other works". KunsthallOslo. Retrieved 1 January 2026.
  8. ^ Larsen, Selma Stormyren (12 September 2024). "Jorunn på jorda" [Jorunn on Earth]. klassekampen.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). Archived from the original on 7 October 2025. Retrieved 1 January 2026. og hylles som en av sin generasjons store avantgardister [and is hailed as one of the great avant-gardists of her generation.
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