Peder Wright Cappelen (18 January 1931 – 4 January 1992) was a Norwegian playwright, non-fiction writer and publisher.

Personal life

Cappelen was born in

Bærum Bærum () is a municipality in the Greater Oslo Region in Norway that forms an affluent suburb of Oslo on the west coast of the city. Bærum is Norway's fifth largest municipality with a population of 128,760 (2021). It is part of the electoral ...

to publisher Jørgen Wright Cappelen and Ragni Holm Johannessen. He was married first to art historian Tone Wikborg (daughter of Erling Wikborg), and from 1966 to actress

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Career

From 1958, Cappelen headed the publishing house ''Helge Erichsens Forlag'', which published

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's and Marcel Proust's books. Cappelen's books include ''Eventyret ute'' (1960), ''Alene med vidda'' (1964), and three books illustrated by Jens Johannessen, ''Høstblad'' (1976), ''Fugl i vår'' (1979) and ''Sommerfabel, fra Vidda til Skagen'' (1983). He has written plays inspired by fairytales, historical plays and plays for children.

References

1931 births 1992 deaths Writers from Bærum Norwegian dramatists and playwrights Norwegian nature writers Norwegian publishers (people) Peder Wright {{Norway-writer-stub