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Vinduet
''Vinduet'' (Norwegian: ''The Window'') is an online literary magazine. It was a print publication between 1947 and 2021. Its first issue as purely an online publication was started in Autumn 2021. The magazine is based in Oslo, Norway. History and profile ''Vinduet'' was founded in 1947 by Harald Grieg and Nic. Stang. The owner is the publishing house Gyldendal Norsk Forlag. Four paper editions were issued annually. In the 1960s ''Vinduet'' adopted the eclectic thinking in dealing with literary work. At the end of this period it was under the influence of younger leftist intellectuals. The magazine presents fictional texts, articles about various kinds of literature, and book reviews. Editors-in-chief Nikolaj Frobenius was the editor-in-chief of the magazine at the end of the 1990s. From 2008 to 2013 Audun Vinger served in the post, and Kaja Schjerven Mollerin took over after him. Jan Kjærstad and Preben Jordal also served as the editors-in-chief of ''Vinduet''. As of Apr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kjell Heggelund
Kjell Heggelund (16 December 1932 – 8 February 2017) was a Norwegian literary researcher, lecturer, editor, manager, poet, translator and literary critic. Personal life Heggelund was born in Hamar. His parents were Kristian Heggelund and Katrine Vestby. He grew up in Tønsberg and later Bergen. He was married to Gerd Zelow Hofseth from 1956 to 1963, to Irene Olesen from 1965 to 1975, and then married the writer Liv Køltzow in 1985. He died in February 2017. Lyrics In the 1960s Heggelund issued three poetry collections, ''Reisekretser'' (1966), ''I min tid'' (1967) and ''Punkt 8'' (1969). His lyrics are regarded as an important contribution to the renewal of Norwegian poetry that took place in the late 1960s. In 1971 he issued a book with translations of poems by Mao Zedong into Norwegian language, in cooperation with Tor Obrestad (''Mao Tsetungs dikt''). He has also translated works by the surrealists Paul Éluard, Robert Desnos, Henri Michaux and Benjamin Péret. Heggel ... [...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] |
Mentz Schulerud
Mentz Schulerud (19 October 1915 – 18 May 2003) was a Norwegian author, radio personality and theatre director. He was known for his encyclopaedic knowledge of the city of Oslo. Schulerud was born in Kristiania, but grew up in Rena, Lillehammer and Ringsaker as the older brother of the famous children's book author Anne-Cath. Vestly. Schulerud took his cand.mag. degree in 1941. During the German occupation of Norway he was involved in a Norwegian resistance group called 830-S. For his work in the Norwegian illegal press, he was incarcerated at Grini concentration camp in 1944. After the war, was hired as programme secretary in the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, in 1946. He was later subeditor from 1959 to 1962. During this period he also worked as editor-in-chief of the literary magazine ''Vinduet'' from 1959 to 1963. In 1962 he left the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation to become director of Oslo Nye Teater. Through his numerous radio programmes, articles and boo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Kjærstad
Jan Kjærstad (born 6 March 1953 in Oslo) is a Norwegian author. in Store norske leksikon Jan Kjærstad – utdypning in Store norske leksikon Kjærstad is a theology graduate from and the |
Knut Faldbakken
Knut Faldbakken (born 31 August 1941, in Hamar) is a Norwegian novelist. He studied psychology at Oslo University, and then worked as a journalist. Faldbakken visited a number of countries, working variously as a bookkeeper, sailor, and factory worker, and began writing books in 1967 while living in Paris. He was editor of the literary magazine ''Vinduet'' (''The Window'') between 1975 and 1979. His sons Stefan Faldbakken and Matias Faldbakken Matias Faldbakken (born 1973 in Hobro, Denmark) is a Norwegian artist and writer. Faldbakken studied at the National Academy of Fine Arts in Bergen and the Städelschule in Frankfurt am Main. He is the son of the author Knut Faldbakken, father of ... have achieved recognition as a film director and a novelist respectively. His books have been published in 21 countries, translated to 18 languages and have sold two million copies worldwide. Selected bibliography * ''The Sleeping Prince'' (''Maude danser''), 1971 * '' Twilight Country ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gyldendal Norsk Forlag
Gyldendal Norsk Forlag AS, commonly referred to as Gyldendal N.F. and in Norway often only as Gyldendal, is one of the largest Norwegian publishing houses. It was founded in 1925 after buying rights to publications from the Danish publishing house Gyldendal, which the company also takes it name from. Gyldendal Norsk Forlag AS Gyldendal Norsk Forlag AS was founded in 1925. It was established when a group of Norwegian investors "bought home" the works of "The Four Greats" and Knut Hamsun, which had previously been published by the Danish publishing house Gyldendal. Harald Grieg had a central role in this operation and became the new company's director, and Knut Hamsun provided significant capital and became its largest shareholder. The company publishes both fiction, non-fiction, school books and children books. Gyldendal owns 50% of Kunnskapsforlaget, along with Aschehoug, which publishes encyclopedias, dictionaries and other reference books, including the ''Store norske leksi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikolaj Frobenius
Nikolaj Frobenius (born 29 September 1965) is a Norwegian novelist and screen writer. Frobenius was born in Oslo, but grew up at Rykkinn. He studied film writing and research at LCP, London. He has written several books and screenplays, including the screenplay for the classic Nordic film thriller ''Insomnia'', which was adapted into a major Hollywood production in 2002. His international breakthrough as a novelist came with the novel "Latours katalog" (1996). His books have been translated into twentyfive languages, including English, French, Spanish, Italian, German, Russian and Danish. His novels have received critical acclaim both in Norway and internationally, and he has won several literary prizes for his writing. Nikolaj Frobenius is a former editor of the periodical '' Vinduet'' and worked as a commissioning editor for Norsk filmfond from 2005 to 2008. Frobenius has written several successful screenplays, including Dragonfly (2001). In 2011 he adapted his own novel, the se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Merete Morken Andersen
Merete Morken Andersen (born 24 July 1965) is a Norwegian novelist, children's writer and magazine editor, born in Hamar. Andersen won the prestigious Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature in 2002 for ''Hav av tid'' (Oceans of Time). She was editor of the literature periodical ''Vinduet'' (Window) from 1993 through 1997. Several of her books have been translated into English Bibliography * ''Fra'' – Novel ( 1988 ) * ''Broren min løper'' – Novel ( 1991 ) * ''Ibsenhåndboken'' – om Henrik Ibsens dramatikk – a handbook on Henrik Ibsen's drama (1995) * ''Dronningen etter badet'' – Novel ( 1996 ) * ''Fiendens musikk'' – poetry ( 1997 ) * ''Livsritualer – om Cecilie Løveids'' – Drama ( 1998 ) Livsritualer * ''Hav av tid'' – Novel, translated into English as ''Oceans of Time'' (2002) * ''Agnes & Molly'' (2008) Prizes * Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature The Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature (''Den norske Kritikerprisen for litteratur'' or ''Kritiker ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janneken Øverland
Janneken Øverland (born 22 August 1946) is a Norwegian editor, biographer and publishing house executive. She was born in Stavanger. She edited the literary magazine ''Vinduet'' from 1980 to 1984. She was co-editor of the three-volume ''Norsk kvinnelitteraturhistorie'' (1988-1990), and has written a biography on Cora Sandel Sara Cecilia Görvell Fabricius (20 December 1880 – 3 April 1974), better known by her pen name Cora Sandel, was a Norwegian writer and painter who lived most of her adult life abroad. Her best-known works are the novels now known as the ''Alb .... From 1997 until her retirement in 2013 she was editorial manager for the publishing house Gyldendal Norsk Forlag, responsible for translated literature. References 1946 births Living people People from Stavanger Norwegian magazine editors Women biographers Norwegian women editors Norwegian biographers {{Norway-writer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brikt Jensen
Brikt Jensen (15 September 1928 – 14 November 2011) was a Norwegian publisher, writer, journal editor, professor who also hosted a popular TV program about literature. Jensen was born in Bergen, and was made a PhD in 1964 with a thesis on François Mauriac's ''Ormebolet''. He was editor for the literary magazine ''Vinduet'' from 1964 to 1969. He was manager for the publishing house Gyldendal Norsk Forlag from 1970 to 1980, and senior consultant from 1980 to 1993. From 1984 to 1990 he also presented the television program ''Bokstavelig talt'' for the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, and from 1988 to 1992 he was a professor II in media studies at the University of Bergen. He was the chair of the Norwegian Publishers Association The Norwegian Publishers' Association ( no, Den norske Forleggerforening) is a publishing house association in Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which compr .. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Klassekampen
''Klassekampen'' ( en, The Class Struggle) is a Norwegian daily newspaper. It describes itself as "the newspaper of the Left." The paper's net circulation is 34,000 (2021), and it has around 111,000 daily readers on paper (160,000 on Saturdays). This makes it the third largest Norwegian print newspaper, based on readership. Chief editor from 2018 is Mari Skurdal. The paper was initially a part of the young marxist-leninist (maoist) movement in Norway. It started out in early 1969 as a monthly periodical published by "a group of marxist-leninists" with Anders M. Andersen as the first editor. It promoted the positions of the Workers' Communist Party (AKP; founded 1973) and its predecessors. ''Klassekampen'' became a weekly in January 1973, a bi-weekly in January 1976 and finally a daily newspaper as of April 1977. It was the official organ of the AKP until April 1991. Its mission statement now describes itself as "revolutionary socialist." As most Norwegian newspapers it depends o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steffen R
Steffen is a surname and given name, and may refer to: *Albert Steffen (1884–1963), Swiss poet, painter, and novelist *Alex Steffen (b. 1968), American writer and environmental futurist *Anthony Steffen (1929–2004), Brazilian actor; acted in many spaghetti westerns *Britta Steffen (b. 1983), German Olympic swimmer *Clare E. Steffen (b. 1954), American psychologist *David Steffen, American businessman and politician *Hans Steffen (1865–1937), German geographer and explorer of Patagonia * Jason Steffen (b. 1975), American physicist *Jim Steffen (1936–2015), American football player * Kai Steffen (born 1961), German football player * Konrad Steffen (1952-2020), Swiss glaciologist and Arctic climate researcher *Otto Steffen (b. 1874, d. unknown), American Olympic gymnast *Renato Steffen (born 1991), Swiss football player *Sonja Steffen (b. 1963), German politician *Thomas L. Steffen (1930–2020), American judge *Waldemar Steffen (b. 1872, d. unknown), German Olympic track and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
