Geir Gulliksen
Geir Gulliksen (born 1963, Kongsberg) is a publishing house editor, writer and poet. He has worked as a publishing house editor in the publishing house Tiden Norsk Forlag. From 2000 he was editor in chief in the publishing house Oktober forlag.
As a publishing house editor Geir Gulliksen has drawn attention for discovering a new generation of Norwegian writers during the 1990es, among them Karl Ove Knausgård, Tore Renberg and Lars Ramslie. In 2008 Geir Gulliksen was awarded the grant of Mads Wiel Nygaard.
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(Objekt ID 6125)| Object type | Person |
| Born | October 31, 1963 |
| Functions | Author, Editor, Dramatist/Playwright |
| Nationality | Norwegian |
| Gender | Male |
Geir Gulliksen was nominated for The Norwegian Ibsen Award AKA The Ibsen Prize 2013 for his debut as a playwright, A Body.
The jury gave the following reason:
"The writer Geir Gulliksen makes his debut as a playwright with A Body with three voices, a woman and two men who all try to be bodies for each other without fully realising what it implies. The text is about love, longing, and it questions what is attractive in another human being. Through the characters the language also becomes a "body", an appearance to master. Language, love and sexuality are all subject to the use of power. In an involving physical language strikingly visual images of human vulnerability are drawn. Through an original perspective a literary project is elevated to performing arts."
Among his books are Simplification (2010), Hannu-Hannu (2006), Look at Me Now (2005), Waking up at Night Wanting Something Else (2001), Grown-up Poems (1999), Mouth of Darkness (1986).
Sources:
Wikipedia. 04.09.2010: http://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geir_Gulliksen
Aschehoug Agency, http://www.aschehougagency.no/authors/aschehoug/aschehoug_fiction/gulliksen_geir
Sceneweb on The Norwegian Ibsen Award AKA The Ibsen Prize, http://www.sceneweb.no/en/award/11725/The_Norwegian_Ibsen_Award_AKA_The_Ibsen_Prize
| Title | Premiere | Role |
|---|---|---|
| The Story of a Marriage (Brageteatret) | October 6, 2017 | Author |
| EROS (Visjoner Teater) | May 31, 2015 | Text |
| Demoner 2014* (Demons 2014) (The National Theatre) | February 8, 2014 | Playwright |
| A Body (Norwegian Centre for New Playwriting (NCNP)) | October 11, 2012 | Playwright |
| Henvendelser* (Propositions) (Norwegian Centre for New Playwriting (NCNP)) | March 3, 2010 | Playwright |
| Title | Publiseringsdato | Role |
|---|---|---|
| A Body | Script, Chamber play | – Author |
| The Story of a Marriage | 2015, Literature, Novel | – Author |