Ejlert Bjerke (14 March 1887 – 25 September 1963) was a Norwegian

novelist A novelist is an author or writer of novels, though often novelists also write in other genres of both fiction and non-fiction. Some novelists are professional novelists, thus make a living wage, living writing novels and other fiction, while other ...

, poet,

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and essayist. He was born in

Oslo 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 ...

, and made his literary debut in 1909 with the short story collection ''Mennesker og fauner''. A second collection, ''Frie Fugle'', was published in 1910. Among his novels are ''Livsfyrsten'' from 1914 and ''Sværmere i solen'' from 1917. His essay collection ''Molok'' was published in 1920, and the travelogue ''Tre horisonter'' in 1929. He was father of

André Bjerke Jarl André Bjerke (30 January 1918 – 10 January 1985) was a Norwegian writer and poet. He wrote a wide range of material: poems (both for children and adults), mystery novels (four of them under the pseudonym Bernhard Borge), essays, and arti ...

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1887 births 1963 deaths Writers from Oslo 20th-century Norwegian novelists 20th-century Norwegian poets Norwegian male poets Norwegian essayists Norwegian travel writers Norwegian male novelists Norwegian male dramatists and playwrights 20th-century Norwegian dramatists and playwrights Norwegian male essayists 20th-century Norwegian essayists 20th-century Norwegian male writers {{Playwright-stub