Valfart

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Valfart is a 1968 poetry collection by Norwegian author Kjartan Fløgstad. The work is characterized by a skillful blend of symbolism, extensive and diverse reading, humor, and a keen responsiveness to both urban and rural life.1

Fløgstad, who previously worked as a blue-collar laborer and sailor, often wrote with sympathy for the working class. His literary style is noted for being both fantastical and experimental. Valfart is considered an important part of his early poetic output, alongside his other collection, Seremoniar (1969).1

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Kjartan Fløgstad
Fløgstad’s own poetry, published in Valfart (1968; “Pilgrimage”) and Seremoniar (1969; “Ceremonies”), is a skillful mixture of symbolism, wide and eclectic reading, humour, and a responsiveness to both city and village life. In his collection of essays and short fictions, Den hemmelege jubel (1970; “The Secret Enthusiasm”), Fløgstad defended literature,…
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Fløgstad’s own poetry, published in Valfart (1968; “Pilgrimage”) and Seremoniar (1969; “Ceremonies”), is a skillful mixture of symbolism, wide and eclectic reading, humour, and a responsiveness to both city and village life. In his collection of essays and short fictions, Den hemmelege jubel (1970; “The Secret Enthusiasm”), Fløgstad defended literature,…
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