Håvard Rem

{{short description|Norwegian poet (born 1959)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}} {{BLP sources|date=July 2020}} [[File:HaavardRemBearb2dok.jpg|thumb|Håvard Rem]] '''Håvard Rem''' (born 7 February 1959, [[Oslo]]) is a [[Norway|Norwegian]] poet.

==Lyrics and poetry== Rem made his book debut in 1977 with ''Kall på heltene'', a collection of poetry. His ''Selected Poems'' has been published in Norwegian (1996), Arabic (2000), Russian (2002), Italian (2011) and Japanese (2015). Rem's poetry and song lyrics have been used by artists and bands such as [[Gulli Briem]] ([[Mezzoforte (band)|Mezzoforte]]), [[Gisle Kverndokk]], [[a-ha]], [[Morten Harket]], [[Kaizers Orchestra]], [[Vamp (band)|Vamp]], [[Jørn Hoel]], and [[Silje Nergaard]].

== Non-fiction and biographies == Rem has written biographies of [[Bob Dylan]], [[Erik Mykland]], [[Aril Edvardsen]], [[Tor Erling Staff]] and [[Bjarte Baasland]]. He has also written books about his travels in [[Europe]], [[Africa]], [[Asia]] and the [[Middle East]].

== Interpreting and translations == Rem has interpreted texts by [[Bob Dylan]], [[Walt Whitman]], [[Derek Walcott]] and [[Leonard Cohen]]. He has also translated and worked on texts by [[William Shakespeare]].

== Publications == ;Non-fiction (books) *''[[Den femfotete kamel: Artikler om poesi]]'' (1991) *''[[Bob Dylan: en monografi]]'' (1999) *''[[Himmelsk: Mat og mirakler i Midtøsten]]'' (photo: [[Knut Bry]]) (1999) *''[[Erik Mykland: oppvekst, livsstil]]'', European Championship 2000, player-style (2000) *''[[Blå (book)|Blå]]'' (ill.: [[Kjell Nupen]], photo: [[Knut Bry]]) (2002) *''[[Søren Kierkegaard (book)|Søren Kierkegaard]]'' (2002) *''[[Aril Edvardsen: et selvopplevd portrett]]'' (2004) *''[[Staff (book)|Staff]]'' (2005) (About the lawyer [[Tor Erling Staff]]) *''[[Fred. Reise etter krig]]'' (photo: [[Marcel Lelïenhof]]) (2006) *''[[Togreiser]]'' (2009) *''[[Peter Pilný: Historien om Bjarte Baasland]]'' (2009) *''[[Innfødte skrik: norsk svartmetall]]'' (2010) *''[[Forbyttet]]'' (2010)

;Poetry (books) *[[Kall på heltene]] : lyrics (1977) *[[Bruddstedet]] : lyrics (1978) *[[Sist jeg løp på deg]] : verse (1981) *[[Et lykkelig år av min ungdom]] : verse and stories (1982) *[[Bak dør på gløtt]] : lyrics (1985) *[[Karl Johans åpenbaring]] : lyrics (1987) *[[Galgeland]] : lyrics (1991) *[[Øvelser i grensesetting]] : lyrics 1413 1993 5754 (1993) *[[Taksameteret går]] Collected lyrics 1977–1996 (1996) *[[Dvergmål Et rytmisk dikt]] (1999) *[[Tekstmeldinger (book)|Tekstmeldinger]] : dikt (2000) *Selected Poems : arabisk utgave (Damaskus, Marrakech, 2000) *Selected Poems : russisk utgave (Moskva, 2002) *Selected Poems : italiensk utave (Roma, 2011) *[[30 40 50]] : poems (2012)

; Music texts *''[[Poetenes Evangelium]]'' (music: [[Øivind Varkøy]], vocals: [[Morten Harket]]) (1993) *''[[Wild Seed (album)|Wild Seed]]'' (music/vocals: [[Morten Harket]]) (1995) *''[[Kom ut og lek]]'' (vocals: [[Steinar Albrigtsen]], [[Jørn Hoel]], [[Magnus Grønneberg]], [[Morten Harket]]) (1995) *''[[Begå Ænesen]]'' En Æ'ndals-ræpp (music: [[Bjørn Jørgensen]]) (1996) *''[[Vogts Villa]]'' (music/vocals: [[Morten Harket]]) (1996)

;Drama (books) *[[Jødenes konge]] : a Christmas play (1991)

;Drama (plays) *''[[Jødenes konge: Et julespill]]'' (Agder Teater, 1991) *''[[Stor-Rones: Et spill om Kjeøya]]'' (1992) *''[[Messias-monologene I-III]]'' (Den Nationale Scene, 1999–2001)

;Fiction (books) *''[[Tvillingbrødrene]]'' Et eventyr (1995)

=== Interpretations and translations === ;Non-fiction (books) *''[[Seier gjennom lovsang]]'' by [[Merlin Carothers]] (1980) *''[[Videre med Herren]]'' by [[Bob Mumford]] (1980) *''[[Gåten Knut Hamsun]]'' by [[Robert Ferguson (writer)|Robert Ferguson]] (1990) *''[[Seidelin gjenforteller Bibelen]]'' by [[Ann Elisabeth Seidelin]] (1992) *''[[Vannmerke]]'' by [[Josef Brodskij]] (1993)

;Poetry (books) *''[[Tilegnet den usynlige verden]]'' [[Walt Whitman]] (s.m. [[Kurt Narvesen]]) (1984) *''[[Kjærlighet og hat: Et utvalg]]'' [[Leonard Cohen]] (1988) *''[[Slavenes energi]]'' [[Leonard Cohen]] (1989)

;Poetry (albums) *''[[Hadde månen en søster: Leonard Cohen på norsk]]'' (vocals: [[Kari Bremnes]], [[Sidsel Endresen]], [[Claudia Scott]], [[Somebody's Darling]], [[Kirsten Bråten Berg]], [[Kristin Solli]]) (1993) *''[[Aleine om høsten]]'' [[Hank Williams på norsk]] (vocals: [[Vibeke Saugestad]], [[Jonas Fjeld]], [[Gunn Heidi Larsen]], [[Sondre Bratland]]) (1995) *''[[Fredløs: Bob Dylan på norsk]]'' (vocals: [[Åge Aleksandersen]]) (1997) *''[[Flux: William Shakespeare på norsk]]'' (vocals: [[Elisabeth Karsten]]) (1999)

;Drama (books) *''[[Ekte Dylan]]'' by [[Sam Shepard]] (Arken, 1988) *''[[Det siste karneval]]'' by [[Derek Walcott]] (Solum, 1995)

;Drama (plays) *[[Cyrano de Bergerac (play)|Cyrano de Bergerac]] by [[Edmond Rostand]] (s.m. [[Pål Løkkeberg]] and [[Torstein Bugge Høverstad]]) (Trøndelag teater, 1984) *[[Hamlet]] by [[William Shakespeare]] (Rogaland teater, 1986) *[[Romeo and Juliet]] by [[William Shakespeare]] (Rogaland teater, 1986; Den Nationale Scene, 1999; Riksteatret, 2003; Nationaltheatret, 2010) *[[Ham Hamlet]] by [[William Shakespeare]]/[[Poul Borum]] (NRK Ungdomsteatret, 1988) *[[En god dør trenger ingen lås]] by [[Morten Jansson]] (NRK Ungdomsteatret, 1989) *[[Så lenge smerten er usynlig]] by [[Dorrit Willumsen]] (NRK Radioteatret, 1994) *[[Satans kvinnfolk]] by [[Benedicte Adrian]]/[[Ingrid Bjørnov]] (Holmenkollen, 1994) *[[Rent: En rock-opera]] by [[Jonathan Larson]] (Trøndelag teater, 1999) *[[Spring Awakening (musical)|Spring Awakening]] (Oslo Nye, 2010; Trøndelag teater, 2010)

;Editing *[[I korthet: Atten norske aforistikere]] (1986) *[[Samtaler med Jens Bjørneboe]] 1951–1976 (1987) *[[Poetenes evangelium]] Jesu liv i norske dikt (ill.: [[Bjørn Bjørneboe]]) (1991) *[[Mann! Bibelske mannsbilder]] (photo: [[Morten Krogvold]]) (2000) *[[100 dikt om krig]] (2003) *''[[Tingene er dine øyne]] / Tingene er dine øjne / Tingene er dine ögon'' Skandinaviske dikt og sangtekster 1600–2000 (2009)

== Prizes == * [[Cappelen Prize]] (1987)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Cappelenprisen |first=Vidar |last=Iversen |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik | editor-link= |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Cappelenprisen |language=no |access-date=13 September 2022}}</ref> for ''Karl Johans åpenbaring'' * [[Aust-Agder fylkes kulturpris]] (1993) * [[Kultur- og kirkedepartementets pris for barne- og ungdomslitteratur]] Illustrated book prize (1995) for ''Tvillingbrødrene'' (s. m. Harald Nordberg) * Record of the year [[Spellemannprisen 1995]] "[[A Kind of Christmas Card]]" (with [[Morten Harket]])

== References == {{Reflist}}

== External links == *[https://web.archive.org/web/20061205061305/http://cappelen.no/main/forfatter.aspx?f=7066 Cappelen Damm (2004)]

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