Helge Rykkja
Helge Rykkja (27 August 1943 – 13 June 2020) was a Norwegian author, poet, teacher and politician. He was born in Mysen, started working at a lower secondary school in Kragerø in 1974 and took the cand.philol. Degree in 1979.
Helge Rykkja
- Born
- 1943 · Mysen.
- Died
- 2020 · Kragerø.
- Nationality
- Norway
- Occupation
- editor · teacher · poet · writer · politician
- Languages
- Norwegian
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From 1966 to 1970, he was an editorial board member of the radical periodical Profil, and from 1968, he was a chief editor. He represented the Red Electoral Alliance in Kragerø city council from 1987 to 2003; some times as a deputy representative. He also worked to free Adem Demaçi from prison in 1990. He made his lyrical debut in 1966 with the poetry collection Bok. When it was re-released in 1997, it acquired "a certain classic status", according to conservative newspaper Aftenposten. He died on 13 June 2020.
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Helge Rykkja, a writer, teacher and politician, was born on 27 August 1943 in Mysen and died in 2020. The birth is recorded by the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek; the death by the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek.
• Bok (Poems, 1966, Kommet; Re-released in 1997, Aschehoug Forlag) • Poesi (Poems, 1968, Pax Forlag) • Kommune (Poems, 1979, Oktober Forlag) • Draken i solbærbuskane (Poems, 1982, Oktober Forlag) • Blokka ungeberget (Book for Children, 1983, Oktober Forlag) • Formalisten (Novel, 1984, Arbeidern Forlag) • Filosofi, sa du. Ein Syklut (Poems, 1994, Aschehoug Forlag) • Eit kjærleikstema (Poems, 1997, Aschehoug Forlag) • Eit hus mellom andre (Poems, 2003, Aschehoug Forlag) • Slutningar til knes (Poems, 2004, Aschehoug Forlag)
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- 1.Helge Rykkja 60 år 27. august. Norwegian News Agency. 6 August 2003.
- 2.Enge, Mariann. Rakrygget og snill. Aftenposten. 13. 4 April 2003.
- 3.Forfatter Helge Rykkja er død
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