Jan Erik Vold, Norwegian poet, translator, essay-writer, editor, jazz & poetry artist, was born in Oslo on October 18, 1939. He has published 20 collections of poetry, 16 critical books on literature, a number of poetry translations and edited the collected or selected works by a number of writers. Among the poets he has translated, mostly Americans, are William Carlos Williams, Wallace Stevens, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Frank O'Hara, Robert Creeley,...