Brikt Jensen (15 September 1928 – 14 November 2011Brikt Jensen er død , finnmarkdagblad.no
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in 1964 with a thesis on

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's ''Ormebolet''. He was editor for the literary magazine '' Vinduet'' from 1964 to 1969. He was manager for the

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from 1970 to 1980, and senior consultant from 1980 to 1993. From 1984 to 1990 he also presented the television program ''Bokstavelig talt'' for the

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, and from 1988 to 1992 he was a professor II in media studies at the

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. He was the

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of the Norwegian Publishers Association from 1972 to 1975.

Selected bibliography

*''Glimt fra det 20. århundres litteratur'' (1966) *''Brev fra et steinhus'' (1976) *''Hver dag'' (1980) *''Loggbok'' (1981) *''Det moderne gjennombruddet i nordisk litteratur'' (1986) *''Selvangivelse'' (1993) *''Min korsikanske landsby'' (1995)

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* 1928 births 2011 deaths Norwegian magazine editors Businesspeople from Bergen Norwegian book publishers (people) Academic staff of the University of Bergen Mass media people from Bergen {{Norway-writer-stub