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Gyldendalprisen
Gyldendal's Endowment was a literature prize which was awarded in the period 1934–1995 by the Norwegian publisher Gyldendal Norsk Forlag. The prize was awarded to significant authors, regardless of which publisher the author was associated with. From 1996 the Gyldendals endowment was superseded by the Gyldendal Prize for "particularly significant writing" and (since 1998) by the ''Sult-prisen'' (Hunger Award) for "eminent young authors". Endowment winners *1934 – Olav Duun *1935 – Peter Egge, Herman Wildenvey, Arnulf Øverland *1936 – Gabriel Scott *1937 – Cora Sandel *1938 – Arthur Omre *1939 – Johan Falkberget *1940 – Sigurd Christiansen, Ronald Fangen, Sigurd Hoel *1941 – Gunnar Reiss-Andersen, Kristian Elster *1942 – Inge Krokann *1943 – Tarjei Vesaas *1944 – Inger Hagerup *1945 – Johan Borgen *1946 – Emil Boyson, Ernst Orvil, Tore Ørjasæter *1947 – Nils Johan Rud *1948 &ndas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ingeborg Møller
Ingeborg Møller (29 December 1878 – 18 February 1964) was a Norwegian teacher, playwright, novelist and biographer. Biography Ingeborg Møller was born in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway. Her parents were Thorvald Fredrik Møller (1821-1879) and Nathalie Munch (1836-1904). Her father died one year after she was born. When Ingeborg was about five years old, her mother had a serious mental disorder and others took care of her. Part of her childhood was spent in Fredrikstad. During the 1890s, she spent two years at Olaf Berg's school of education (''Olaf Bergs lærerinneskole''). From 1915 she was involved in public-high school teaching at Dovre and Sel, where her teaching associates included Olav Aukrust (1883–1929). In 1921 she was associated with a children's shelter at Lillehammer. She made her literary début with the play ''Fru Karen'', staged at Centralteatret in 1904. She wrote several novels during the 1920s. In 1948 she published a biography of scientist and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Henrik Holm
Hans Henrik Holm (18 January 1896 – 27 September 1980) was a Norwegian poet and folklorist. He made his literary début in 1933 with the epic poem ''Jonsoknatt'', the first in a series of seven volumes. His published the trilogy ''Bygdir i solrøyk'' between 1949 and 1951. He was awarded the Gyldendal's Endowment Gyldendal's Endowment was a literature prize which was awarded in the period 1934–1995 by the Norwegian publisher Gyldendal Norsk Forlag. The prize was awarded to significant authors, regardless of which publisher the author was associated wi ... in 1950. References 1896 births 1980 deaths Writers from Oslo 20th-century Norwegian poets Norwegian male poets 20th-century Norwegian male writers {{Norway-writer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Egil Rasmussen
Egil Rasmussen (28 April 1903 – 18 June 1964) was a Norwegian writer, literature critic and pianist. Rasmussen was born in the village of Bossekop in Alta, Norway. He grew up in Tromsø after Rasmussen's family moved to the city when he was 3 years old. Rasmussen attended college and worked part time as a lector. He received his Ph.D. in 1949. From 1948 to 1964 he was literary critic for the newspaper ''Aftenposten''. His first literary effort was at 20 years of age when he produced the novel ''Østen og vesten'' in 1923. His last novel, ''Den siste skrivekaren. En norsk bygdelegende'', was a dystopian vision of the future, which came out posthumously in 1966. He received the Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature (''Kritikerprisen'') in 1953 for his novel ''Sonjas hjerte''. Bibliography *''Østen og Vesten'' – novel (1923) *''Drapsmanden. Roman fra Tromsø'' – novel (1925) *''Mørk demring'' – novel (1934) *''Idag er alt mulig'' – novel (1937) *''E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabriel Scott
Gabriel Scott (8 March 1874 – 9 July 1958) was a Norwegian poet, novelist, playwright and children's writer. Personal life Gabriel Scott Jensen was born in Leith in Scotland as the son of sailors' priest Svend Holst Jensen and his wife writer and composer Caroline Mathilde Schytte. The name Scott was originally a first name, and he was named after both Scotland and the writer Walter Scott. He moved to Norway when he was seven years old, his father being a parish priest in Høvåg. In 1901, Scott married Ellen Johansen (1871–1914), but this marriage was dissolved in 1912. In 1915, he married secondly Dagmar Marie Jensen, but in 1918 this marriage also ended in divorce. Finally, in 1918, he married Birgit Gabrielsen (1897–1981). He died in Arendal in 1958. Career Scott made his literary debut in 1894 with the poetry collection ''Digte'' ('Poems'), and followed up with a second collection, ''Dag'' ('Day') in 1895. In 1896 he published the love story ''Aftenrøde. Arkitek ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Omre
Arthur Omre (17 December 1887, in Brunlanes – 16 August 1967) was a Norwegian novelist and writer of short stories. Omre hailed from Vestfold. With a background as sailor, journalist, constructor in the United States, engineer in Oslo, businessman and entrepreneur, he went bankrupt in 1922. From then on he initiated a criminal career, and made a living from liquor smuggling, swindle and theft, also spending long periods in prison. Following release from jail in 1935, Omre made his literary début with the novel ''Smuglere'' (Smugglers). The story is largely based on his own experiences, and is written in hardboiled style. Then came the follow-ups ''Flukten'' (1936), ''Sukkenes bro'' (1937) and ''Kristinus Bergmann'' (1938). He was awarded Gyldendal's Endowment in 1938. In 1939 he wrote the novel ''Intermesso'', in 1940 ''Det onde øie'', in 1941 ''Harmoni'', and in 1942 ''Mysterium i Rolvsøy''. He published several short story collections. Many of his short stories were fir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nils Johan Rud
Nils Johan Rud (24 July 1908 – 7 June 1993) was a Norwegian novelist, writer of short stories, children's writer, and a magazine editor. He is particularly known for his long-term period as editor of the magazine ''Arbeidermagasinet'' / ''Magasinet For Alle''. Personal life Nils Johan Rud was born in Ringsaker as the son of Mons Nilsen Rud and Emma Johanne Nergaard. He married Aase Gudlaug Hellum in 1934, and is the father of Jazz drummer Espen Rud. He died in Asker in 1993. Career Rud published the children's book ''Gutter på skoggang'' in 1928, and continued writing children's books. In 1930 came ''Karsemne'', in 1931 ''Skaugumtrollet'', and ''Tusser og troll'' in 1934. He wrote ''Stifinner'' in 1935, and ''Et riktig mannfolk'' in 1936, all books for children. The book ''Alle tiders største'' was about sports, and Rud was involved as an administrator in the club IF Frisk Asker. His first novel was ''Vi skal ha et barn'' from 1933, while his breakthrough was ''Jeg er ing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of Norway. Bouvet Island, located in the Subantarctic, is a dependency of Norway; it also lays claims to the Antarctic territories of Peter I Island and Queen Maud Land. The capital and largest city in Norway is Oslo. Norway has a total area of and had a population of 5,425,270 in January 2022. The country shares a long eastern border with Sweden at a length of . It is bordered by Finland and Russia to the northeast and the Skagerrak strait to the south, on the other side of which are Denmark and the United Kingdom. Norway has an extensive coastline, facing the North Atlantic Ocean and the Barents Sea. The maritime influence dominates Norway's climate, with mild lowland temperatures on the se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johan Borgen
Johan Collett Müller Borgen (28 April 1902 – 16 October 1979) was a Norwegian writer, journalist and critic. His best-known work is the novel ''Lillelord'' for which he was awarded the Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature in 1955. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1966. Biography He was born in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway. He was the son of Poul Holst Borgen (1867–1941) and Andrea Elfrida Bommen (1868–1958). He was raised in the borough of Frogner as the youngest of four sons in the family of a successful attorney. He attended private schools; first at Frøenene Platous Forskole, then at Frogner Skole. He graduated artium in 1920. In 1923, Borgen received a part-time position as a journalist at ''Dagbladet''. He started his column which featured a series of ironic and satirical articles writing under the pseudonym "Mumle Gåsegg". He was employed by ''Dagbladet'' from 1923 to 1941 and by ''Morgenbladet'' from 1928 to 1930. During the 1930s, he a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jakob Sande
Jakob Sande (1 December 1906 – 16 March 1967) was a Norwegian writer, poet and folk singer from Dale in Sunnfjord. His parents were Andreas Sande and Ragna Margrete (born Barsnes). He married Solveig Ytterlid in 1942 and they had a daughter, Siri, in 1943. He wrote all his texts in Nynorsk, one of the two official Norwegian written language forms. His work helped secure a special place on the Norwegian culture-scene for the municipality Fjaler. Biography Sande was born on 1 December 1906 in the village of Dale in Sunnfjord in the county of Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. His parents, Anders (father) and Ragna Margrete (mother), lived at Klokkargarden. His career as a writer spanned from 1929 to 1967. He completed his cand philol exam in 1931, but then he went to work at sea as he had been drawn to that life from early on. In 1934 he started to work as a lector in Fredrikstad. After World War II he moved to the same position at Ullern gymnas in Oslo. In 1963, he decided to quit t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gunvor Hofmo
Gunvor Hofmo (30 June 1921 – 17 October 1995) was a Norwegian writer, often considered one of Norway's most influential modernist poets. Background Gunvor Hofmo was born in Oslo, Norway. Her parents were Erling Hofmo (1893–1959) and Bertha Birkedal (1891–1969). She was raised in a working-class family among socialists, communists and anti-Nazis. Her father's brother Rolf Hofmo (1898–1966) was a sports official who was arrested during World War II and imprisoned at the Sachsenhausen concentration camp. Literary career Hofmo started her literary career submitting poems for publication to a wide variety of presses, including the communist newspaper '' Friheten'' and weekly magazines such as ''Hjemmet''. One of her first published poems was dedicated to her close friend and Jewish refugee Ruth Maier (1920-1942). It was published in '' Magasinet for Alle'', opening with the lines: Ruth Maier was an Austrian native who had found refuge in Norway in 1939. During the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magnhild Haalke
Magnhild Haalke (12 August 1885 – 18 October 1984) was a Norwegian novelist.Erik Bjerck Hagen"Magnhild Haalke" Store norske leksikon /ref> Biography Magnhild Camilla Kvaale was born on Vikna, an island off the Namdalen coast in Nord-Trøndelag, Norway. She was the second of ten children born to Knut Kvaale (1852–1942) and Kaja Augusta Wiig (1863–1948). She worked as a teacher for 30 years in Sør-Odal in Hedmark. She made her literary debut in 1935 with the novel ''Allis sønn''. Her deep psychological insight and great environmental descriptions ensured her a lasting place in Norwegian literature. Eventually she wrote nearly 30 books. Haalke made use of strong, colorful language and lush figures of speech. Her novels often focused on adult insensitive treatment of defenseless youth. The role of the mother in childhood development was a frequent subject. In several books she wrote of values relating to childhood environment and family traditions. Her trilogy ''Åkfest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gunnar Larsen (writer)
Gunnar Otterbech Larsen (5 February 1900, in Oslo – 5 November 1958) was a Norwegian journalist, writer, and translator. He worked in the newspaper ''Dagbladet'' from 1923 to 1958, where he was news editor from 1930 and became editor-in-chief with Helge Seip in 1954. His first novel, ''I sommer'', was published in 1932. It was followed by ''To mistenkelige personer'' (1933), a crime novel based on actual events that took place in 1926. ''To mistenkelige personer'' was praised by many critics, including Sigurd Hoel. Haagen Ringnes: ''"Den boken skulle jeg gjerne ha skrevet!"''. Article in 1983 edition of ''To mistenkelige personer'' by Gunnar Larsen ( Gyldendal Norsk Forlag). Both ''I sommer'' and ''To mistenkelige personer'' were inspired by Ernest Hemingway's writings. Larsen's third novel, ''Week-end i evigheten'' (1934), was much more experimental. His later novels were ''Bull'' (1938) and ''Sneen som falt i fjor'' (1948). His poetry has been published in the books ''Dikt'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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