To the Outermost Stars

Stein Mehren "is one of Norwegian literature"™s greatest lyricists, and perhaps its finest love poet. His ground-breaking imagery and use of language are intensified by paradoxical turns of expression"¦ The rhythmical force he creates is at times symphonic and melodious, rising towards the ecstatic, or brief, concise and penetrating"¦ his best work earns him a place among Norway"™s leading poets"¦" Per Thomas Andersen Norwegian Literary History, Universitetsforlaget "Stein Mehren has been his own school of lyrical poetry within Norwegian poesy"¦ He wrote impassioned poems with philosophical themes, poems that search for identity or that place humanity in a cosmic world picture"¦ Novel metaphors and lucid images whirl through tales that put life in perspective"¦" Fredrik Wandrup Dagbladet (29 July 2017) "My love poems are not solely concerned with love. I use it as a metaphor to portray loss, failure, childhood "“ the best love poetry is as much about life as about love"¦" Interview with Stein Mehren by Stein Kjos at Galleri Haaken