Finn Bjørnseth (15 July 1924 – 31 October 1973) was a
Norwegian novelist, poet and short story writer.
Biography
Finn Bjørnseth was born in
Oslo, Norway
Oslo ( or ; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of towns and cities in Norway, most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a Counties of Norway, county and a Municipalities of Norway, municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a populat ...
. He made his literary début in 1950 with the short story collection ''Unge netter''. Among his poetry collections are ''60-tallsballade'' from 1960, and ''Vuggevise for aftenlandet'' from 1962. He was awarded the
Gyldendal's Endowment
The Gyldendal Prize, formerly Gyldendal's Endowment, is a Norwegian literary prize awarded by the Norway, Norwegian publisher Gyldendal Norsk Forlag. Gyldendal's Endowment was awarded from 1934 to 1995. It was superseded by the Gyldendal Prize in ...
in 1960.
Bjørnseth died on 31 October 1973.[
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Selected works
*''Før vingene bærer'' (1952)
*''De tre diktsyklusene Syv septimer'' (1954)
*''Vandreren'' (1955)
*''Til minne om en klode'' (1955)
*''Et ildens barn'' (1960)
*''Den innerste esken'' (1966)
*''Hans Eksellense hadde tre sønner'' (1969)
*''Noen å være glad i'' (1959)
*''En barhodet pike'' (1961)
*''Fordi'' (1963)
*''Fra de nakne ordene'' (1965)
*''Logos'' (1972)
References
1924 births
1973 deaths
Writers from Oslo
20th-century Norwegian novelists
20th-century Norwegian poets
Norwegian male poets
Norwegian male novelists
20th-century Norwegian male writers
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