Sigmund Mjelve

{{Short description|Norwegian writer}}

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• Gyldendal's Endowment (1990)
• Brage Prize (1994) }}

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Sigmund Mjelve (6 April 1926 – 26 November 1995) was a Norwegian writer.{{cite encyclopedia |year=2007 |title=Mjelve, Sigmund |encyclopedia=Aschehoug og Gyldendals Store norske leksikon |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location= |url=http://www.snl.no/Sigmund_Mjelve }}

He made his literary debut in 1978 with the poetry collection Landskap. Fire pseudonymer fra Kirgisersteppene og andre steder, followed by the sequel Landskap 2 in 1979, and Lanskap 3 in 1981.

He was awarded Gyldendal's Endowment in 1990, and the Brage Prize in 1994 for Område aldri fastlagt.{{cite web|url=http://www.brageprisen.no/tekster/tidligere.shtml|title=Tidligere vinnere av Brageprisen|language=Norwegian|accessdate=2008-10-14|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080610082646/http://www.brageprisen.no/tekster/tidligere.shtml|archivedate=2008-06-10}}