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Carl Fredrik Engelstad

カール・フレドリク・エンゲルスタッド

Kāru Furedoriku Engelusutaddo

Aliases: Carl Johan Fredrik Engelstad

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1915-11-11 (Hadsel, Norway)
Died
1996-10-01 age 80
Nationality
Norway
Languages
Norwegian
Religion
Christianity
Residence History
Norway

Career

Occupations
writer, playwright, journalist, translator, theatre director
Active Years
1945-1996
Affiliations
Morgenbladet, Nationaltheatret, Aftenposten

Awards

Bastian Prize
1976
Result: 受賞
Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature
1977
Work: Størst blant dem
Result: 受賞
Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature
1986
Work: De levendes land
Result: 受賞
Riksmål Society Literature Prize
1986
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Gjester i mørket

1958 novel

A novel about guests in the darkness.

Størst blant dem

1977 novel

A novel, awarded Critics Prize.

De levendes land

1986 novel

A novel, awarded Critics Prize and Riksmål Prize.

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Writing from a Christian viewpoint

Legacy

Norwegian writer, playwright, and journalist known for his novels and Christian perspective, awarded the Critics Prize twice.