Bengt Berg considers the world his home and enjoys living and working in a landscape
characterised by silence and wild nature, but he draws much of his inspiration from other
people and cultures far from his own Nordic province. He has been called a serious humourist,
mixing everyday impressions and experiences with global thinking. His poems are often spiced
with equal parts surprise and recognition.
Bengt Berg was born in 1946 in Torsby, northern Värmland, Sweden. After studying at various
Swedish universities, he has lived as a freelance writer since the mid-1970s. Berg has published
around 50 books, mostly poetry and many in collaboration with various visual artists. During
the 1970s and 1980s he was one of the editors of the magazine and publishing house Rallarros
and since 1990 he has run Heidruns Förlag.
His collaboration with musicians and actors has resulted in numerous stage programs, in
addition to appearing on radio and television.
His poems can be found in separate editions or various magazines and contexts in many
different languages: Arabic, Hebrew, English, Finnish, Greek, Hindi, Malayalam, Bengali, Latvian,
Lithuanian, Macedonian, Norwegian, Polish,Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Turkish, Slovak,
Romanian, Japanese, German, Chinese and Vietnamese.
BERG has toured across the Nordic countries and participated in various international poetry
festivals such as Medellín (Colombia), Granada (Nicaragua) Struga (Macedonia) and
Druskininkai (Lithuania), Nisan (Israel), Jan Smrek Festival (Slovakia), Kritya (India), Târgul
Festival de Poezie (Romania), Qinghai Lake International Poetry Festival (China), Kathak
International Poets Summit 2016 (Bangladesh) and poetry festivals in Chengdu (China) and
Hanoi (Vietnam) in 2019, Kolkata and Guwahati (India) in 2022, Struga Poetry Evenings Festival
(Northmacedonia) 2024, “Entre Mares” International Literary Festival in Portimão (Portugal)
2025.