Helge Torvund (1951) is a Norwegian poet, author, literary critic and psychologist. Helge started wearing a beret as a child and hasn't taken it off since.
As a teenager, Torvund decided to become a poet, and
published his first book of poetry while studying at the University of Oslo
Majoring in psychology, Torvund followed lectures in philosophy
and immersed himself in art and literature, specializing in 'Beat Literature'.
His poetry collection "Alabama ?" (2011) did extremely well.
The collection was reprinted twice and received positive reviews and much
attention, partly because the writer used social media and new media like
Twitter and Word Fluency in the launch.
His children's book Vivaldi came out in 2011, illustrated
by Mari Kanstad Johnsen and is about a girl who gets bullied at school. The
book won a silver price in the "year's most beautiful books" in Norway
and in 2012 by the New York-based Website for Culture and Criticism:
FlavorWire.com, designated as one of the 20 most beautiful in the world's books
of all time.
Helge Torvund is the brother of artist Gunnar Torvund.
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