Paal-Helge Haugen

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.

Paal-Helge Haugen studied at University of Oslo. The recorded working language is Nynorsk and Norwegian. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are theatre and children's and young adult. Positions recorded include board member of the Norwegian Broadcasting Council. Distinctions recorded are Dobloug Prize, Aschehoug Prize, Cappelen Prize and Gyldendal Prize.

• Name — Paal-Helge Haugen • Born — 26 April 1945 • Birthplace — Valle, Norway • Occupation — Poet, novelist, playwright and children's writer • Awards — * Gyldendal's Endowment (1985) • Nynorsk Literature Prize (1985) • Dobloug Prize (1987) • Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature (1990) • Cappelen Prize (1991) • Brage Prize (1992) • Aschehoug Prize (2008) • Order of St. Olav (2009)

Haugen was born in Valle Municipality, Setesdal, and studied medicine at the University of Oslo. He made his literary debut with Blad frå ein austleg hage in 1965, a translation of Japanese haiku. 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). He received the Dobloug Prize in 1987, and was awarded the Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature in 1990. He received the Brage Prize in 1994 for Sone 0. Haugen was nominated for the Nordic Council's Literature Prize in 1991 for Meditasjonar over Georges de La Tour. In January 2009 King Harald V of Norway made Haugen a Knight, First Class of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav, awarding him for his work for Norwegian literature and culture.