Egil Rasmussen
Egil Rasmussen (28 April 1903 – 18 June 1964) was a Norwegian writer, literature critic and pianist. Rasmussen was born in the village of Bossekop in Alta Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. He grew up in Tromsø after Rasmussen's family moved to the city when he was 3 years old.
Egil Rasmussen
- Born
- 1903 · Alta.
- Died
- 1964
- Nationality
- Norway
- Occupation
- writer · literary critic · musician · pianist
- Fields
- Norwegian literature · literary criticism · music
- Honours
- Mads Wiel Nygaard's Endowment · Gyldendal's Endowment
- Languages
- Norwegian
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Rasmussen attended college and worked part time as a lector. He received his Ph.D. in 1949. From 1948 to 1964 he was literary critic for the newspaper Aftenposten. His first literary effort was at 20 years of age when he produced the novel Østen og vesten in 1923. His last novel, Den siste skrivekaren. En norsk bygdelegende, was a dystopian vision of the future, which came out posthumously in 1966. He received the Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature (Kritikerprisen) in 1953 for his novel Sonjas hjerte.
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Egil Rasmussen (1903 – 1964) is described as a writer, literary critic and pianist in the authority records of the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek. The birth of Egil Rasmussen is recorded in 1903, and the death in 1964.
• Gyldendal's Endowment - 1950 (jointly with Hans Henrik Holm) • Kritikerprisen - 1953 (for Sonjas hjerte) • Mads Wiel Nygaards legat - 1958
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- 1.Erik Bjerck Hagen. Egil Rasmussen. Store norske leksikon.
- 2.The highest rank as a secondary student.
- 3.Vidar Iversen. 1953 Egil Rasmussen for Sonjas hjerte. Store norske leksikon.
- 4.Publications in BIBSYS.
- 5.Store norske leksikon. 1950: Egil Rasmussen, Hans Henrik Holm.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 16
- Østen og Vesten – novel (1923)
- Drapsmanden. Roman fra Tromsø – novel (1925)
- Mørk demring – novel (1934)
- Idag er alt mulig – novel (1937)
- Et rop i stormen – novel (1938)
- Presten fra havet – novel (1941)
- Kunstneren og samfunnsbildet – prose (1949)
- Angstens dikter Edgar Allan Poe – prose (1949)
- Gammelprestens koffert – novel (1950)
- Sonjas hjerte – novel (1953)
- En konge rider hjem – novel (1955)
- Det dømte hus – novel (1957)
- Hvor ørnene samles – novel (1958)
- Guttene fra Gokkohjørnet – novel (1959)
- Legenden om Lovella – novel (1961)
- Publications in BIBSYS.
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