Erling Christie (19 May 1928 — 3 September 1996) was a
Norwegian author.
Christie was among the pioneers of
modernism in Norway both as a
poet and a
critic
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. Christie published five poetry collections in his life, and these were collected in the
posthumous collection ''Samlede dikt'' (
Aschehoug
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1998).
His
literary works meant that Christie introduced a large number of
English language authors to the Norwegian public, and his own poetry was inspired by English speaking authors such as
T. S. Eliot
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.
In 1959 Erling Christie had an accident that led to him losing his sight and becoming unemployed. This led to him writing ''Tegnene slukner'', which was published the year after the accident took place.
Bibliography
* ''Drøm om havet'' (Aschehoug 1954)
* ''Serenade for blå gitar'' (Aschehoug 1956)
* ''Minus. Satiriske dikt'' (Aschehoug 1959)
* ''Tegnene slukner'' (Aschehoug 1960)
* ''Samlede dikt'' (Aschehoug 1998)
1928 births
1996 deaths
20th-century Norwegian poets
Norwegian male poets
Norwegian literary critics
20th-century Norwegian male writers
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