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Arnljot Eggen

アルニョット・エッゲン

Arnljot Eggen

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1923-08-13 (Tolga Municipality, Norway)
Died
2009-02-04 (Oslo, Norway) age 85
Nationality
Norway
Languages
Bokmål, Nynorsk
Residence History
Tolga Municipality → Ålen Municipality → Vinstra, Nord-Fron Municipality → Vardal Municipality → Bærum Municipality → Bygdøy, Oslo

Career

Occupations
journalist, teacher, poet, playwright, children's writer
Active Years
1951-2009
Affiliations
Norwegian Museum of Cultural History
Memberships
Workers' Communist Party

Education

Examen artium
Period: 1944
Year of Graduation: 1944
Country: Norway
Interrupted by German occupation

Awards

Melsom Prize
1971
Work: Baksideviser
Organization: Det Norske Samlaget
Result: 受賞
Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature
1981
Work: Den lange streiken
Category: 児童書
Result: 受賞
Dobloug Prize
1985
Result: 受賞(ベルイョット・ホベク・ハフと共同)

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Eld og is

1951 poetry collection

Literary debut poetry collection

unknown

Baksideviser

songbook

Songbook

unknown

Den lange streiken

children's book

Children's book about the long strike

laborstrike

Pendlerne

1973 play

Best known political play

politicscommuters

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Wrote in both Bokmål and Nynorsk
Recurring Motifs
left-wing politics

Legacy

Known as a leading left-wing poet in Norway and pioneer of political theatre