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Eldrid Lunden

Side by side

The ancient Greeks believed a stone fell to the ground

The ancient Greeks believed a stone fell to the ground
because it belonged there

We believe in gravity. But we feel
that the Greeks’ idea is much more poetic

The ancient Greeks believed a stone fell to the ground

Dei gamle grekarane trudde steinen fall mot jorda
fordi den høyrde til der

Vi trur på gravitasjonen. Men vi syns
oppfatninga til grekarane var mye meir poetisk

Eldrid Lunden

(Norway, 1940)

The poetic work of Eldrid Lunden is some of the most important, not only in Norway, but also in a Nordic context. Her status as writer has been strengthened by her position as director of Creative Studies at Bø in Telemark, Norway’s first academic writing academy, established on her initiative in the 1980s. Her influence on the younger generation of writers is enormous, not only as a poet, but ...

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The ancient Greeks believed a stone fell to the ground

The ancient Greeks believed a stone fell to the ground
because it belonged there

We believe in gravity. But we feel
that the Greeks’ idea is much more poetic

The ancient Greeks believed a stone fell to the ground

The ancient Greeks believed a stone fell to the ground
because it belonged there

We believe in gravity. But we feel
that the Greeks’ idea is much more poetic