Oskar Braaten
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Oskar Braaten (October 25, 1881 - July 17, 1939) was a Norwegian novelist and playwright, born in Oslo (then Kristiania). Braaten is best-known for his popular plays and novels depicting the life of factory workers and other low class women alongside Akerselva in Oslo, published 1906-1937.
Though born and raised in Oslo, Braaten joined the mostly rural landsmål-movement, and served as an advisor and theatre manager at their Det norske teateret in Oslo from its start in 1915 until his death. He was manager of the theatre from 1928-1937, bearing the title from 1934-36.
Some books by Oskar Braaten
- Kring fabrikken (1910) (Around the factory)
- Ungen (1911) (The child)
- Bak høkerens disk (1918) (Behind the shopkeepers counter)
- Fabrikken (1918) (The factory)
- Ulvehiet (1919) (The wolfe's den)
- Den store barnedåpen (1925) (The great christening)
- Godvakker-Maren (1927) (Good pretty Maren)
None of his books are translated into English.
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