Norway's Rolf Jacobsen is one of Europe's most acclaimed writers yet, as Robert Bly points out in his introduction: "This magnificent poet is so little known in the United States." This bilingual edition, which selects the best work from Jacobsen's ten volumes, will help remedy that situation.Three [...]
Considered the father of modern Norwegian poetry, Jacobsen's work records the extraordinary changes that take place as we move from an agrarian to an industrial society. This book gathers work from all his published books.
"Jacobsen is not an idylic poet, but a voice that warns against a[...]
"North in the World" presents 121 poems by Rolf Jacobsen (1907-1994), one of Norway's greatest modern poets. Garnering the highest praise of critics, Jacobsen won many of Norway's and Sweden's most prestigious literary awards, including the Swedish Academy's Dobloug Prize and the Grand Nordic Prize,[...]
Rolf Jacobsen (1907-1994) regnes for å være en av våre fremste lyrikere i moderne tid, som også utenfor landegrensene har oppnådd stor anerkjennelse. Allerede fra debuten med Jord og jern i 1933 sto han fram med en særegen poetisk stemme og en unik bildebruk. «Byens metafysikk», «Landskap m[...]