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Norwegian Authors' Union
The Norwegian Authors' Union ( no, Den norske Forfatterforening, DnF) is an association of Norwegian authors. It was established in 1893 to promote Norwegian literature and protect Norwegian authors' professional and economic interests. DnF also works in solidarity with persecuted writers internationally. As of 2004 the association had 513 members. The author Heidi Marie Kriznik has led the organization since 2017. Organization activities The Norwegian Authors' Union Literary Council annually awards a number of government and independently established scholarships to both members and non-members. The Literary Council consists of nine members and provides counsel on all matters of literary art, in addition to decisions on awards. A number of famous Norwegian authors have been members of the council. List of leaders * 1894– Gustav Storm (non-fiction section) * 1894–1896 Arne Garborg (fiction section) * 1894–1896 Andreas Aubert * 1896–1900 Jacob Hilditc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arnulf Øverland
Ole Peter Arnulf Øverland (27 April 1889 – 25 March 1968) was a Norwegian poet and artist. He is principally known for his poetry which served to inspire the Norwegian resistance movement during the German occupation of Norway during World War II. Biography Øverland was born in Kristiansund and raised in Bergen. His parents were Peter Anton Øverland (1852–1906) and Hanna Hage (1854–1939). The early death of his father, left the family economically stressed. He was able to attend Bergen Cathedral School and in 1904 Kristiania Cathedral School. He graduated in 1907 and for a time studied philology at University of Kristiania. Øverland published his first collection of poems (1911). Øverland became a communist sympathizer from the early 1920s and became a member of Mot Dag. He also served as chairman of the Norwegian Students' Society 1923–28. He changed his stand in 1937, partly as an expression of dissent against the ongoing Moscow Trials. He was an avid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thorvald Steen
Thorvald Steen (born 9 January 1954) is a Norwegian writer and government scholar. He made his literary debut in 1983, and has subsequently published a wide range of novels, plays, collections of poems, books of short stories, children's books and essays. He has distinguished himself as one of Norway's leading internationally oriented writers. His Norwegian breakthrough came in 1992 with a cycle of poems, ''Ilden'' (''The Fire'') and shortly afterward he achieved international recognition with his creative historical novels ''Don Carlos'' (1993), ''Giovanni'' (1995), ''Constantinople'' (1999), ''The Little Horse'' (2002), ''Camel Clouds'' (2004) and ''Lionheart'' (2010). In 2006 Steen wrote the Bildungsroman, coming-of-age novel ''The Weight of Snow Crystals'', which was followed in 2008 with the freestanding sequel ''The Longest Leap''. Steen's work is translated into 26 languages and published in 46 countries. He has received several literary prizes, both at home and abroad. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toril Brekke
Toril Brekke (born 24 June 1949) is a Norwegian novelist, writer of short stories, children's writer, biographer, translator and literary critic. Early and personal life Brekke was born in Oslo as a daughter of the poet Paal Brekke and painter Bjørg Rasmussen. She was married to Martin Indregard from 1972 to 1982, and their son Kjetil Indregard is also a writer. She was married to professor Jon Bing from 1988 to 1998. She worked at a bread factory, and later as a typographer, and has been a full-time writer since 1982. She was a member of the Workers' Communist Party (Norway), Workers' Communist Party during the early 1970s, but later renounced communism. Literary career Brekke made her literary debut in 1976 with the novel ''Jenny har fått sparken'' ('Jenny Has Been Fired'), about factory women's fight against their employer. ''Den gylne tonen'' (1980) is about women's situation in the society, while ''Filmen om Chatilla'' (1983) is from the Lebanese Civil War, Lebanon confli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karsten Alnæs
Karsten Alnæs (born 29 May 1938) is a Norwegian author, historian, and journalist, who has dual degrees in history and literature from the University of Oslo. He worked as a journalist and taught at the Norwegian School of Journalism. His bibliography includes 15 novels, 3 children’s books, a collection of novellas, and a number of non–fiction works. Alnæs was awarded the Brage Prize in 1992 for the novel ''Trollbyen'', and the honorary prize in 2003 for the cultural impact of his literary work. He received the Dobloug Prize in 1998. His series The History of Norway (5 volumes; 1996–2000) received the Sverre Steen Prize of the Norwegian Historical Society and topped the bestseller list for non–fiction in Norway. It became the basis of a TV-series, with Alnæs as host and director. His book series The History of Europe (4 volumes; 2003–2006) has been translated into several languages. Alnæs was twice elected president of the Norwegian Authors' Association 1985– ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johannes Heggland
Johannes Heggland (29 June 1919 – 24 January 2008) was a Norwegian novelist, short story and children's literature writer, playwright, and elected official with the Centre Party (Norway), Centre Party. He is most commonly associated with two of his historic plays ''Mostraspelet'' and ''Håkonarspelet – Kongen med gullhjelmen''. Biography Johannes Andreas Martin Heggland was born at Tysnes in Hordaland, Norway. His parents, Vermund Heggland (1872–1945) and Elisabeth Marie Magdalene Nerhus (1877–1956), were farmers. He grew up as the youngest of 11 children in a family with a vivid oral tradition. He participated in local politics for nearly 30 years. Heggland was mayor in Tysnes from 1956 to 1959 and 1968 to 1971, and served as a deputy representative to the Parliament of Norway during the term 1958–1961. He was chairman of Norwegian Authors' Union from 1982 to 1985 and member of the Nordic Council's literary prize committee from 1983 to 1986. He was also a mem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camilla Carlson
Camilla Carlson (28 January 1930 – 28 February 1990) was a Norwegian poet, novelist and literary critic. Her literary debut was the poetry collection ''Sanden og havet'' from 1958. She was leader of the Norwegian Authors' Union The Norwegian Authors' Union ( no, Den norske Forfatterforening, DnF) is an association of Norwegian authors. It was established in 1893 to promote Norwegian literature and protect Norwegian authors' professional and economic interests. DnF also w ... from 1977 to 1981. She was married to sculptor Ståle Kyllingstad. References 1930 births 1990 deaths People from Arendal 20th-century Norwegian poets Norwegian literary critics Norwegian women literary critics Norwegian women non-fiction writers Norwegian women novelists Norwegian women poets 20th-century Norwegian women writers 20th-century Norwegian novelists {{norway-writer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bjørn Nilsen
Bjørn Nilsen (born 27 December 1934) is a Norwegian poet and television producer. His literary debut was the poetry collection ''Hvis jeg var trollmann'' from 1960. He was a member of the editorial board of the literary magazine ''Profil'', a co-founder of The Norwegian Writers' Center ( no, Norsk Forfattersentrum), and a leader of the Norwegian Authors' Union from 1975 to 1977. He worked for the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation NRK, an abbreviation of the Norwegian ''Norsk Rikskringkasting AS'', generally expressed in English as the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, is the Norwegian government-owned radio and television public broadcasting company, and the largest ... from 1964 to 1992, and as a freelance producer until 1998. He received the Amanda Award for his television documentary ''Olje'' in 1988. References 1934 births People from Trondheim 20th-century Norwegian novelists NRK people Living people {{norway-writer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ebba Haslund
Ebba Margareta Haslund Halvorsen (12 August 1917 – 10 July 2009) was a Norwegian novelist, writer of short stories, playwright, essayist, children's writer, literary critic, radio speaker and politician. Early and personal life Haslund was born in Seattle, Washington as the daughter of Frantz Philip Haslund (1883–1974) and Ebba Margareta Gillblad (1890–1957). Haslund has described her father as an "adventurer", and they travelled regularly during her early life. She became a student in 1935, and studied languages in both England, Germany and France before World War II. She graduated from the University of Oslo in 1941 with the cand.philol. degree. In 1940 she married businessman Sverre Fjeld Halvorsen (1910–2005), who was imprisoned at Grini and in Poland during World War II, but survived. Haslund used to live in Blommenholm, but died, aged 91, in Oslo. Career Literary career Haslund made her literary debut in 1945 with the short story collection ''Også vi –''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Odd Bang-Hansen
Odd Bang-Hansen (9 April 1908 – 4 March 1984) was a Norwegian educator, journalist and author. Biography He was born in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway. His parents were Lauritz Bang-Hansen (1879–1960) and Astri Halvorsen (1880–1971). His father was a Lutheran priest who was later assigned to parishes in Vadsø and Kristiansund. He received a cand.philol. degree in 1934 from the University of Oslo. He became an associate professor at the Oslo Commerce School (''Oslo Handelsgymnasium'') in the late 1930s. During the Occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany, he sent his wife and children to live in Stockholm. He was actively involved in the Norwegian resistance movement, making a significant effort to help Norwegian Jews out of the country. In 1943, he was forced to re-locate to Great Britain where he was a consultant working with British officers in support of the Norwegian resistance. After the Liberation of Norway at the end of World War II, he was attached to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Heiberg
Hans Heiberg (28 January 1904 – 6 December 1978) was a Norwegian journalist, literary critic, theatre critic, essayist, novelist, playwright, translator and theatre director. Early and personal life Heiberg was born in Kristiania as son of city manager Jacob Vilhelm Rode Heiberg (1860–1946) and Christiane Jeanette Aimée Dedichen. He was married to Alette Elisabeth Wiland from 1929 to her death in 1941, and to nurse Sigrid Berner Høy from 1942. He was a nephew of playwright and theatre director Gunnar Heiberg, physician Inge Heiberg and psychiatrist Henrik Dedichen, and a second cousin of Supreme Court Justice Axel Heiberg, architect Bernt Heiberg and railway director Edvard Heiberg. Career Heiberg finished his secondary education in 1922, and finished his law studies with the cand.jur. degree in 1927. He worked as a foreign correspondent for ''Dagbladet'' and ''Arbeiderbladet'', in Great Britain and Ireland in 1929, in Finland in 1930, in Japan and China in 1932, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Brinchmann
Alexander Brinchmann (15 June 1888 – 18 April 1978) was a Norwegian pediatrician. He was also a songwriter, novelist, playwright and crime fiction writer. He chaired the Norwegian Pediatric Society from 1933 to 1934 and the Norwegian Authors' Union from 1941 to 1945. Personal life Brinchmann was born in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway. He was the son of rector Jacob Ludvig Hoffmann Brinchmann and Henny Leth. He was married in 1914 to Nina Grønvold (1891–1924), to Johanne Ringberg from 1925, and to Gunvor Næss (1897–1974) from 1944. He was the father of film producer and theatre director Arild Brinchmann. Medical career Brinchmann finished his secondary education in 1906. He then studied medicine, graduating as cand.med. in 1912. From 1913 to 1914 he specialized in pediatrics at the Charité Hospital in Berlin. From 1918 until 1971, he worked at Rikshospitalet in Kristiania. He was authorized as a specialist in pediatrics in 1921, and became a medical doctor in 1922. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
