Bernt Bessesen Lie (13 July 1868 – 14 July 1916) was a Norwegian novelist. He was born on 13 July 1868, in

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, a son of stipendiary magistrate Emil Bernhard Lie (1836–1891) and Nicoline Bessesen. Through his sister Ida, he was the brother-in-law of Gjert Lindebrække and an uncle of

Sjur Lindebrække Sjur Lindebrække (6 April 1909 – 1 October 1998) was a Norwegian banker and Conservative politician. Biography He was born on 6 April 1909, in Voss. During the 1940 Norwegian Campaign, Lindebrække was mobilized by the Norwegian 4th Di ...

and

Tikken Manus Ida Nikoline "Tikken" Manus (''née'' Lindebrække, previously Bernardes; 28 June 1914 – 12 October 2010) was a member of the Norwegian resistance movement, Norwegian resistance during World War II. Born Ida Nikoline Lie Lindebrække, she was a ...

. Through his brother Vilhelm Lie he was an uncle of Nils Lie. Through his father's brother, writer Jonas Lie he was a first cousin of Michael Strøm Lie, writers

Mons Lie Mons Lie (15 February 1757 – 2 August 1827) was a Norwegian police chief and writer. He was born as Mons Jonasen Storli, in the parish of Ålen in Søndre Trondhjem county, Norway. He was one of seven children born to Jonas Monssen Gjersvo ...

and

Erik Lie Erik Lie is a Norwegian finance professor at the University of Iowa who published a report about options backdating that led to many investigations by the SEC into the potentially illegal practice. He was the subject of profile in ''Business ...

, and a first cousin once removed of Erik's son, the Nazi Jonas Lie. He was a second cousin of Erika Lie,

Karl Nissen Karl Nissen (February 27, 1879 – May 14, 1920) was a Norwegian pianist, teacher, music journalist, and conductor. Nissen was born in Kristiania (now Oslo), the son of the physician Oscar Nissen and pianist Erika Nissen, and he was taught pian ...

, painter Jonas Lie and Eyolf Soot. Lie's family soon moved away from Mandal. They lived in

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and

Kristiania Oslo ( or ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of 1,064,235 in 2022, an ...

before moving to

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when Bernt Lie was 15 years old. He finished his secondary education here in 1886, and moved to study law. He graduated with the

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degree in 1891. In October 1894, in Kristiania Bernt Lie married Hedvig Mariboe Aubert (1874–1946). They had the son Emil Lie, who became a sculptor, and their daughter Didi Lie married Supreme Court Justice, banker, politician and ambassador

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. While the children were still young, though, Bernt Lie's family lived abroad, mainly in

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, until 1910 when they settled in

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. His debut novel was ''I Æventyrland'', released in 1892. ''Mot Overmagt'' (1907) is regarded as being his best book. His four boys' books are also remembered; ''Sorte Ørn'' (1893), ''Svend Bidevind'' (1897), ''Peter Napoleon'' (1900) and ''Guttedage'' (1905). His last book was ''En Racekamp'' (1915). He wrote popular books, and was one of the more widely read authors in his time. He died on 14 July 1916, aged 48, in

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, and was buried in Tromsø.

References

External links

Digitized books by Lie
in the

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lie, Bernt 1868 births 1916 deaths 19th-century Norwegian novelists 20th-century Norwegian novelists Norwegian male short story writers Norwegian expatriates in Italy 19th-century Norwegian short story writers 20th-century Norwegian short story writers 20th-century Norwegian male writers People from Mandal, Norway