Arnljot Eggen

Arnljot Eggen (13 August 1923 – 4 February 2009) was a Norwegian poet, and has also written plays and children's books.

He was born in Tolga.^[1] He made his literary debut in 1951, with the poetry collection Eld og is. He was awarded the Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature for the children's book Den lange streiken.^[2] He received the Melsom Prize in 1971 for the songbook Bakside-viser, and again in 1995 for the poetry collection Det flyktige varige.^[2] He wrote in both standards of written Norwegian, Bokmål and Nynorsk.^[1]

In the 1970s he became affiliated with the Workers' Communist Party.^[1] He was considered one of the leading left-wing poets in Norway at the time, and was a pioneer of political theatre,^[3] the best known play being 1973's Pendlerne.^[1] He also had a column in Klassekampen.^[3]

Awards

Melsom Prize 1971
Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature 1981
Dobloug Prize 1985 (Shared with Bergljot Hobæk Haff)
Melsom Prize 1995

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Senel, Emrah (6 February 2009). "Arnljot Eggen gikk bort onsdag" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/distrikt/ostlandssendingen/1.6468751. Retrieved 8 February 2009.
^ ^a ^b "Arnljot Eggen" (in Norwegian). Samlaget. http://www.samlaget.no/forfattar.cfm?id=1229. Retrieved 2008-10-21.
^ ^a ^b Müller, Olav Brostrup (7 February 2009). "- En stor, politisk dikter er død" (in Norwegian). Klassekampen.

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Name	Eggen, Arnljot
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Date of birth	13 August 1923
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Date of death	4 February 2009
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