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Jan Roar Leikvoll
Jan Roar Leikvoll (7 June 1974 – 1 August 2014) was a Norwegian novelist. In 2002-2003 he studied creative writing at the Academy ''Skrivekunstakademiet'' at Bergen. He published four novels: ''Eit vintereventyr'' ("A Winter Story", 2008), ''Fiolinane'' ("The Violins", 2010), ''Bovara'' (2012), and ''Songfuglen'' ("The Songbird", 2013), all on the publishing house Det Norske Samlaget. He was awarded the Nynorsk Literature Prize for "The Violins" and Stig Sæterbakken's memorial prize for his three first novels. He was also awarded the ''Bokhandelens forfatterstipend'' in 2013, a grant for writers by the Norwegian Booksellers Association. Leikvoll was open about living with a brain tumor A brain tumor occurs when abnormal cells form within the brain. There are two main types of tumors: malignant tumors and benign (non-cancerous) tumors. These can be further classified as primary tumors, which start within the brain, and seconda ... a big part of his life. He died on 1 Aug ...
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Jan Roar Leikvoll
Jan Roar Leikvoll (7 June 1974 – 1 August 2014) was a Norwegian novelist. In 2002-2003 he studied creative writing at the Academy ''Skrivekunstakademiet'' at Bergen. He published four novels: ''Eit vintereventyr'' ("A Winter Story", 2008), ''Fiolinane'' ("The Violins", 2010), ''Bovara'' (2012), and ''Songfuglen'' ("The Songbird", 2013), all on the publishing house Det Norske Samlaget. He was awarded the Nynorsk Literature Prize for "The Violins" and Stig Sæterbakken's memorial prize for his three first novels. He was also awarded the ''Bokhandelens forfatterstipend'' in 2013, a grant for writers by the Norwegian Booksellers Association. Leikvoll was open about living with a brain tumor A brain tumor occurs when abnormal cells form within the brain. There are two main types of tumors: malignant tumors and benign (non-cancerous) tumors. These can be further classified as primary tumors, which start within the brain, and seconda ... a big part of his life. He died on 1 Aug ...
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Creative Writing
Creative writing is any writing that goes outside the bounds of normal professional, journalistic, academic, or technical forms of literature, typically identified by an emphasis on narrative craft, character development, and the use of literary tropes or with various traditions of poetry and poetics. Due to the looseness of the definition, it is possible for writing such as feature stories to be considered creative writing, even though they fall under journalism, because the content of features is specifically focused on narrative and character development. Both fictional and non-fictional works fall into this category, including such forms as novels, biographies, short stories, and poems. In the academic setting, creative writing is typically separated into fiction and poetry classes, with a focus on writing in an original style, as opposed to imitating pre-existing genres such as crime or horror. Writing for the screen and stage—screenwriting and playwriting—are ...
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Bergen
Bergen (), historically Bjørgvin, is a city and municipality in Vestland county on the west coast of Norway. , its population is roughly 285,900. Bergen is the second-largest city in Norway. The municipality covers and is on the peninsula of Bergenshalvøyen. The city centre and northern neighbourhoods are on Byfjorden, 'the city fjord', and the city is surrounded by mountains; Bergen is known as the "city of seven mountains". Many of the extra-municipal suburbs are on islands. Bergen is the administrative centre of Vestland county. The city consists of eight boroughs: Arna, Bergenhus, Fana, Fyllingsdalen, Laksevåg, Ytrebygda, Årstad, and Åsane. Trading in Bergen may have started as early as the 1020s. According to tradition, the city was founded in 1070 by King Olav Kyrre and was named Bjørgvin, 'the green meadow among the mountains'. It served as Norway's capital in the 13th century, and from the end of the 13th century became a bureau city of the Hanseatic Leag ...
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Det Norske Samlaget
Det Norske Samlaget is a Norwegian publishing house founded on 24 March 1868 with the aim to promote and publish books in Landsmål, now known as Nynorsk. ''Det Norske Samlaget'' is now divided into two institutions: a literature organization, ''Litteraturselskapet Det Norske Samlaget'', which is a culturally focused political-interest organization, and the publishing portion, ''Forlaget Det Norske Samlaget,'' which since 1978 has been a non-profit foundation and is responsible for publishing operations. As a political organization, ''Litteraturselskapet Det Norske Samlaget'' works to promote the use of Nynorsk and the preparation and publication of books in Nynorsk. It is also responsible for several grants and awards such as the Nynorsk Literature Prize, the Melsom Prize (''Melsom-prisen'') established in 1922 through the endowment of shipowner Ferd. Melsom and the Blix Prize (''Blixprisen'') established through the Emma and Elias Blix Endowment. Since 1978 the ''Forlaget D ...
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Nynorsk Literature Prize
The Nynorsk Literature Prize is awarded annually by Noregs Mållag, Det Norske Teatret and Det Norske Samlaget for the best book in either Nynorsk or dialect. The award is presented for the best novel, poetry, novellas, or drama in the past year. Winners List of winners. *1982 – Eldrid Lunden, '' Gjenkjennelsen'' *1983 – Kjartan Fløgstad, ''U3'' *1984 – Alfred Hauge, '' Serafen'' *1985 – Paal-Helge Haugen, ''Det overvintra lyset'' *1986 – Kjartan Fløgstad, '' Det 7. klima'' *1987 – Edvard Hoem, ''Ave Eva'' *1988 – Johannes Heggland, '' Meisterens søner'' *1989 – Helge Torvund, ''Den monotone triumf'' *1990 – Liv Nysted, ''Som om noe noengang tar slutt'' *1991 – Marit Tusvik, ''Ishuset'' *1992 – Jon Fosse, ''Bly og vatn'' *1993 – Einar Økland, ''Istaden for roman og humor'' *1994 – Solfrid Sivertsen, ''Grøn koffert'' *1995 – Lars Amund Vaage, ''Rubato '' *1996 – Oddmund Hagen, ''U ...
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Stig Sæterbakken
Stig Sæterbakken (4 January 1966 – 24 January 2012) was a Norwegian author. He wrote novels, essays and poems, and worked as a translator. Life and career Stig Sæterbakken published his first book at the age of 18, a collection of poems called ''Floating Umbrellas'', while still attending Lillehammer Senior High School. In 1991, Sæterbakken released his first novel, ''Incubus'', followed by ''The New Testament'' in 1993. ''Aestethic Bliss'' (1994) collected five years of work as an essayist. Sæterbakken returned to prose in 1997 with the novel '' Siamese'', which marks a significant departure in his style. The following year saw the release of ''Self-Control''. And in 1999, he published '' Sauermugg''. The three books, the S-trilogy—as they are often called—were published in a collected edition in 2000. In February 2001, Sæterbakken's second collection of essays, ''The Evil Eye'' was released. As with ''Aestethic Bliss'' this book also represents a summing up and ...
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Norwegian Booksellers Association
The Norwegian Booksellers Association ( no, Den norske Bokhandlerforening) is a Norwegian interest group. Its purpose is "looking after the interests of the booksellers and working to strengthen the position of literature and books in society". It awards the annual Norwegian Booksellers' Prize (''Bokhandlerprisen'').About us
- the Norwegian Booksellers Association
It was founded on 10 January 1851. The first chairman, who served until 1870, was . succeeded him and served as chair from 1870 to 1 ...
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Brain Tumor
A brain tumor occurs when abnormal cells form within the brain. There are two main types of tumors: malignant tumors and benign (non-cancerous) tumors. These can be further classified as primary tumors, which start within the brain, and secondary tumors, which most commonly have spread from tumors located outside the brain, known as brain metastasis tumors. All types of brain tumors may produce symptoms that vary depending on the size of the tumor and the part of the brain that is involved. Where symptoms exist, they may include headaches, seizures, problems with vision, vomiting and mental changes. Other symptoms may include difficulty walking, speaking, with sensations, or unconsciousness. The cause of most brain tumors is unknown. Uncommon risk factors include exposure to vinyl chloride, Epstein–Barr virus, ionizing radiation, and inherited syndromes such as neurofibromatosis, tuberous sclerosis, and von Hippel-Lindau Disease. Studies on mobile phone exposure hav ...
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Aftenposten
( in the masthead; ; Norwegian for "The Evening Post") is Norway's largest printed newspaper by circulation. It is based in Oslo. It sold 211,769 copies in 2015 (172,029 printed copies according to University of Bergen) and estimated 1.2 million readers. It converted from broadsheet to compact format in March 2005. ''Aftenposten''s online edition is at Aftenposten.no. It is considered a newspaper of record for Norway. ''Aftenposten'' is a private company wholly owned by the public company Schibsted ASA. Norway's second largest newspaper, ''VG'', is also owned by Schibsted. Norwegian owners held a 42% of the shares in Schibsted at the end of 2015. The paper has around 740 employees. Trine Eilertsen was appointed editor-in-chief in 2020. History and profile ''Aftenposten'' was founded by Christian Schibsted on 14 May 1860 under the name ''Christiania Adresseblad''. The following year, it was renamed ''Aftenposten''. Since 1885, the paper has printed two daily editions. A Sund ...
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1974 Births
Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of President of the United States, United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; following List of Prime Ministers of Israel, Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir's resignation in response to high Israeli casualties, she was succeeded by Yitzhak Rabin. In Europe, the Turkish invasion of Cyprus, invasion and occupation of northern Cyprus by Turkey, Turkish troops initiated the Cyprus dispute, the Carnation Revolution took place in Portugal, and Chancellor of Germany, Chancellor of West Germany Willy Brandt resigned following an Guillaume affair, espionage scandal surrounding his secretary Günter Guillaume. In sports, the year was primarily dominated by the 1974 FIFA World Cup, FIFA World Cup in West Germany, in which the Germany national football team, German national team won the championshi ...
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2014 Deaths
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People From Meland
A person ( : people) is a being that has certain capacities or attributes such as reason Reason is the capacity of consciously applying logic by drawing conclusions from new or existing information, with the aim of seeking the truth. It is closely associated with such characteristically human activities as philosophy, science, ..., morality, consciousness or self-consciousness, and being a part of a culturally established form of social relations such as kinship, ownership of property, or legal obligation, legal responsibility. The defining features of personhood and, consequently, what makes a person count as a person, differ widely among cultures and contexts. In addition to the question of personhood, of what makes a being count as a person to begin with, there are further questions about personal identity and self: both about what makes any particular person that particular person instead of another, and about what makes a person at one time the same person as they w ...
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