Lilly Heber (28 May 1879 – 17 March 1944) was a Norwegian literary critic and historian, novelist and magazine editor. She was born in Gol to dean Andreas Emil Hansen and Anna Judith Sørensen. She graduated as dr.phil. from the

University of Oslo The University of Oslo (; ) is a public university, public research university located in Oslo, Norway. It is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation#Europe, oldest university in Norway. Originally named the Royal Frederick Univ ...

in 1915. Her publications include ''Camilla Collett'' (1913 or 1914), ''Norsk realisme i 1830- og 40-aarene'' (thesis from 1914), ''Det dages'' (novel, 1918) ''Det nye som gror'' (1921), a biography of Alvilde Prydz (1925), a biography of

Annie Besant Annie Besant (; Wood; 1 October 1847 – 20 September 1933) was an English socialist, Theosophy (Blavatskian), theosophist, freemason, women's rights and Home Rule activist, educationist and campaigner for Indian nationalism. She was an arden ...

(1927), ''Glimt av en ny idéverden'' (1930), and ''Krishnamurti og vår tids krise'' (1933). She edited the magazine ''Stjernen'' from 1922 to 1928, and from 1929 the magazine ''Nyorientering'', an international magazine for the ideas of

Jiddu Krishnamurti Jiddu Krishnamurti ( ; 11 May 1895 – 17 February 1986) was an Indian Philosophy, philosopher, speaker, writer, and Spirituality, spiritual figure. Adopted by members of the Theosophy, Theosophical tradition as a child, he was raised to fill ...

. She died on 17 March 1944.

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