Carl Keilhau (25 July 1919 – 20 December 1957) was a

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author, poet and journalist.

Biography

Carl Keilhau was born at

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. He was the son of librarian

Wollert Keilhau Wollert Otto Hallvard Konow Keilhau (8 February 1894 – 19 October 1958) was a Norwegian librarian and encyclopedist. Personal life He was born in Kristiania as a son of Carl Keilhau (1864–1900) and Modesta Konow (1864–1931). Keilhau was ...

and Anna Mathilde Østvold. He attended Fagerborg Upper Secondary School (1935-1938). He worked as journalist for the newspapers ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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'', and was known under his pen name "Pirat". He made his literary debut in 1947 with the poetry collection ''Over broen''. Among his other poetry collections are ''Vi kan ikke flykte'' from 1952, ''Nocturne'' from 1955, and ''Konsert i november'' from 1957. He was awarded the Sarpsborgprisen literature prize in 1951.

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