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GUNNAR WÆRNESS

Gunnar Wærness (b. 1971), is an author, translator, and cabaret artist. Wærness made his debut in 1999 with the poetry collection Kongesplint, for which he received the Tarjei Vesaas Debutant Award. Since then, he has published several collections, including Takk (2002), Hverandres (2006), Bli verden (2007), Tungen og tåren (2013), Venn med alle (2018), and Å skrive er å be om for mye (2020). He was nominated for the Brage Prize for Venn med alle. In 2010, he edited the anthology Verden finnes ikke på kartet in collaboration with Pedro Carmona-Alvarez. Together with Henrik Skotte, he forms the artistic duo Brødet og Eselet, which released the book Del likt in 2017. In the fall of 2021, his poetry collection Ta på Jesus was published to glowing reviews. In 2023, Gunnar Wærness was awarded the Dobloug Prize for his complete literary oeuvre.

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Friday 31. May
Bank Night
Bernhard Ellefsen, Erlend O. Nødtvedt, Gunnar Wærness, Heidi Marie Vestrheim, Helene Uri, Hilde Susan Jægtnes, Johan Harstad, Kamilla Danielsen, Lars Mytting, Marie Aubert, Mona Høvring, Niels Chr. Geelmuyden, Selma Lønning Aarø, Simon Stranger, Urban Tunélls Klezmerband, Vigdis Hjorth, Wencke Mühleisen, Øyvind Rimbereid

Time

Friday
18:30 - 01:00

Location

Kulturhuset Banken

Price

380,–

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