Ragnvald Skrede
Ragnvald Skrede (24 April 1904 – 16 August 1983) was a Norwegian author, journalist, literature critic and translator.[1]
Biography
Ragnvald Skrede was born in Vågå in Oppland county, Norway. Skrede was the youngest seven children. He was a student at Elverum teacher school (1921–24). In 1928, he was hired as a teacher and sexton in Rauland, in Telemark. He studied at the University of Oslo (1928–1934). In 1934, He became a teacher in Vågå. In the postwar years, Skrede worked as a journalist and literary critic for Verdens Gang and Dagbladet and a theater critic for Bondebladet.
Skrede was 45 years old when he began his writing in 1949. As a poet, he often used the classic and permanent stanza forms. His authorship was humanistic and characterized by historic knowledge. Ragnvald Skrede was a Norwegian member of the jury for the Nordic Council's Literature Prize from 1969. He was chairman for literary advice of the Norwegian Novelist Association (Den norske forfattarforening) 1970-72. He received Dobloug Prize for Literature in 1967 and the Norwegian Cultural Council Award in 1969. [2]
Bibliography
- Tarjei Vesaas – biography (1947)
- Det du ikkje veit – poetry (1949)
- I open båt på havet – poetry (1952)
- Bjørg – radioplay, NRK radio (1954)
- Den kvite fuglen – poetry (1955)
- Bak dei siste blånar – poetry (1961)
- Frå kjelde til sjø – poetry (1962)
- Mellom romarar – poetry (1963)
- Den gleda du skal leva på – selected poetry (1964)
- Grunnmalm – poetry (1966)
- Lauvfall – poetry (1969)
- Dikt i utval – selected poetry (1969)
- Vintersvale – poetry (1970)
- Flyttfuglar – poetry (1971)
- Gamaldans – poetry (1973)
- Brenning – poetry (1975)
Prizes and recognition
- Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature (Kritikerprisen) 1952, for I åpen båt på havet
- Sunnmørsprisen, 1962, for Frå kjelde til sjø
- Sokneprest Alfred Andersson-Ryssts fond 1963
- Dobloug Prize 1967
References
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