Petter Schramm

Petter Schramm
Schramm at Slemmestad library February 2011
Born	(1946-06-04)June 4, 1946
Died	June 27, 2014(2014-06-27) (aged 68)
Occupation	Writer
Nationality	Norwegian
Period	20/21st century
Genre	Poetry
Notable works	Guitar Globe
Spouse	Inger Elizabeth Løkvik

Petter Schramm (born June 4, 1946 in Arendal, died June 27, 2014) was a Norwegian poet.

Biography

Background

Schramm grew up in Kristiansund but moved left the city in 1968. Until 1980 he lived several places in Norway but was by his death living in Røyken.

Activity as writer

He debuted as a poet in 1986 with the collection of poems Guitar Globe. The editor described, at the publishing, Schramm poetry this way: "The poems have a rare power of expression. They are bricked up by the dense visual lines that form intricate patterns, playful and empowering at the same time. The influence of French and Latin American surrealism is clear".
Later he wrote the poetry collection Stoler ved havet, published by Gyldendal, and edited a selection of his newspaper poems as his own publisher. In addition, he has written newspaper articles, reviews of art exhibitions and has performed readings of his own poems in different contexts. The lyrics by Peter Schramm has been used as texts and inspiration for music, the composer Harald Sæther has written a Ballet Suite with texts from the Guitar Globe.

Bibliography

• Gitarklode (Guitar Globe), poetry published in 1986 (Gyldendal)
• Stoler ved havet (Chairs by the sea), poetry published in 1987 (Gyldendal)
• Havland og mennesketegn (Sea countries and human signs), selected poems written for newspapers 1971 – 1994 published in 1995 (own publisher, press: Nor-Pro AS, Kristiansund)
• Stemmer i et hus (Voices in a house), an anthology – 10 poems (Aschehoug)

External links

• List of works at the homepage of Harald Sæther