Jan Erik Vold (born 18 October 1939) is a Norwegian lyric poet, reciter, translator and author. He was a member of the so-called "Profil generation", the circle attached to the literary magazine Profil. Throughout his career, he has contributed to modernist Norwegian poetry. Jan Erik Vold is currently living in Stockholm.
He was born in Oslo, the son of journalist Ragnar Vold.
He has won numerous awards, including the 1965 Tarjei Vesaas' debutantpris for his literary début, Mellom speil og speil; Gyldendal's Endowment in 1968; the Aschehoug Prize in 1981; the Brage Prize for Poetry in 1993 and Honorary Award in 1997; the Gyldendal Prize in 2000; the Anvil Award in 2004; and he was nominated for the Nordic Council's Literature Prize in 1979 and 1999. He was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Oslo in 2000.
In 1970 Vold collaborated with artist Irma Salo Jæger and composer Sigurd Berge to create Norway's first multimedia artwork, Blikk, which was exhibited at Henie Onstad Kunstsenter. Blikk is now part of the permanent collection of National Museum of Norway, having been recreated by composer and curator Jøran Rudi in 2022.
1965 mellom speil og speil (Gyldendal, Oslo)
1966 blikket (Kommet Forlag, Oslo)
1967 Svingstang (eget opptrykk i 700 eksemplarer)
1968 Mor Godhjertas glade versjon. Ja (Gyldendal, Oslo)
1969 Bo på Briskeby blues (Gyldendal, Oslo)
1969 kykelipi (Gyldendal, Oslo)
1970 Spor, snø (Gyldendal, Oslo)
1970 Bok 8: LIV (Gyldendal, Oslo)
1979 sirkel sirkel: boken om prins Adrians reise (Gyldendal, Oslo)
1987 Sorgen. Sangen. Veien (Gyldendal, Oslo)
1988 En som het Abel Ek (Gyldendal, Oslo)
1993 IKKE : skillingstrykk fra nittitallet (Gyldendal, Oslo)
1993 En sirkel is (Gyldendal, Oslo)
1995 Kalenderdikt (Gyldendal, Oslo)