Brikt Jensen (15 September 1928 – 14 November 2011Brikt Jensen er død , finnmarkdagblad.no
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, and was made a PhD in 1964 with a thesis on

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's ''Ormebolet''. He was editor for the literary magazine ''

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'' from 1964 to 1969. He was manager for the

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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

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. He was the chair of the

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from 1972 to 1975.

Selected bibliography

*''Glimt fra det 20. århundres litteratur'' (1966) *''Brev fra et steinhus'' (1976) *''Hver dag'' (1980) *''Loggbok'' (1981) *''Det moderne gjennombruddet i nordisk litteratur'' (1986) *''Selvangivelse'' (1993) *''Min korsikanske landsby'' (1995)

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* 1928 births 2011 deaths Norwegian magazine editors Businesspeople from Bergen Norwegian book publishers (people) University of Bergen faculty Mass media people from Bergen {{Norway-writer-stub