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Bergljot Hobæk Haff

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Bergljot Hobæk Haff

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1925-05-01 (Botne, Vestfold, Norway)
Died
2016-02-12 (Oslo, Norway) age 90
Nationality
Norwegian
Languages
Norwegian
Residence History
Vestfold, Norway → Denmark (1947-1972) → Oslo, Norway (1972-2016)

Career

Occupations
educator, novelist
Active Years
1956-2016
Nominations
Nordic Council's Literature Prize (Den guddommelige tragedie), Nordic Council's Literature Prize (Renhetens pris)

Education

Sandefjord Gymnasium
Year of Graduation: 1943
Country: Norway
Oslo lærerhøgskole
education
Degree: 教育学位
Year of Graduation: 1947
Country: Norway
now Oslo University College

Awards

Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature
1962
Work: Bålet / The Bonfire
Organization: Norwegian Critics' Association
Result: 受賞
Dobloug Prize
1985
Result: 受賞
Norwegian Academy Prize in memory of Thorleif Dahl
1988
Organization: Norwegian Academy
Result: 受賞
Aschehoug Prize
1989
Organization: H. Aschehoug & Co
Result: 受賞
Amalie Skram Prize
1995
Result: 受賞
Brage Prize
1996
Work: Skammen / Shame
Result: 受賞
Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature
1996
Work: Skammen / Shame
Organization: Norwegian Critics' Association
Result: 受賞
Riksmål Society Literature Prize
1996
Organization: Riksmål Society
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Raset / The Landslide

1956 novel

Debut novel.

landslide
Translations
  • English

Bibliography

  • Raset – The Landslide (1956)
  • Liv (1958)
  • Du finner ham aldri (1960)
  • Bålet – The Bonfire (1962)
  • Skjøgens bok (1965)
  • Den sorte kappe (1969)
  • Sønnen (1971)
  • Heksen (1974)
  • Gudsmoren. En menneskelig komedie (1977)
  • Jeg, Bakunin (1983)
  • Den guddommelige tragedie (1989)
  • Renhetens pris (1992)
  • Skammen – Shame (1996)
  • Sigbrits bålferd (1999)
  • Den evige jøde (2002)
  • Attentatet (2004)

Translations of Works

  • English, French, Dutch, Spanish, Italian, Swedish, Lithuanian

Style & Themes

Literary Style
original narrativepoetical imagination
Recurring Motifs
mythical interpretationallegorical interpretation

Legacy

Norwegian educator and novelist known for contemporary and historical novels with original narrative, poetical imagination, mythical and allegorical elements.

Trivia

  • Her daughter Marianne Hobæk Haff is a professor of French linguistics at the University of Oslo.