Aasmund Brynildsen (16 October 1917 – 19 June 1974) was a Norwegian essayist, biographer, magazine editor and publishing house consultant.

Personal life

Brynildsen was born at Tjøme to shipmaster Lars Christian Holm Brynildsen and Lilly Kristine Larsen, and was a nephew of Alf Larsen. After passing examen artium in 1937, he studied philosophy and literary history at the

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, though without graduating. He was married twice, first to Ruth Bülov from 1941 to 1945, and second to writer

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, whom he married in 1952.

Career

During the 1930s, Brynildsen wrote a number of essayistic articles in the magazine ''Janus'', starting with an article on the art of

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("Pablo Picassos urbillede") in 1935. His first books were ''Der er en kilde'' from 1945, and ''Dommen til døden'' from 1946. He co-edited the

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magazine '' Spektrum'' from 1950 to 1954. He was assigned with the publishing house Dreyer, as translator, author and principal consultant. He wrote articles for newspaper and magazines, in particular for '' Morgenbladet'' and ''

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''. He issued several essays collections, including ''Det nye hjerte og andre essays'' (1960), ''Fornuft og besettelse'' (1963), ''Fra Chartres til Eidsvold'' (1970), ''Utvalgte essays'' (1970), and ''Svermeren og hans demon'' (1973), a collection of four essays on the writer

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. He published two poetry collections, ''Hvem våker'' from 1968 and ''Bønn til en bokfink'' from 1975, and the memoir book ''Hudø. Bilder fra en barndom'' from 1974. Brynildsen was a member of the Norwegian Academy for Language and Literature from 1968. He was awarded the

Riksmål Society Literature Prize The Riksmål Society Literature Prize (''Riksmålsforbundets litteraturpris'') is awarded annually by the '' Riksmålsforbundet'' for the outstanding publication in riksmål. The prize was awarded until 2002 by the ''Oslo and Bærum Riksmål Leagu ...

in 1973.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Brynildsen, Aasmund 1917 births 1974 deaths People from Tjøme Norwegian essayists Norwegian magazine editors Anthroposophists 20th-century Norwegian writers 20th-century essayists Morgenbladet people