Aage Borchgrevink

Aage Storm Borchgrevink (born 1969) is a Norwegian writer and literary critic.

He was born in Oslo, and took his education in literary history at the University of Oslo.[1] His fiction releases are the novel Arkivene from 2000 and the short story collection Folkevandringer from 2004.[2] He has written two travelogues; Eurostories. Reiser i Øst-Europa (2003) and Den usynlige krigen. Reiser i Tsjetsjenia, Ingusjetia og Dagestan (2007). As a literary critic he publishes in Vinduet and in newspapers.[1]

Borchgrevink has worked in the Helsinki Committee in Norway since 1993 as an adviser.[1] In 2004 he was awarded the Ossietzky Award by the Norwegian PEN for his "outstanding promotion of free speech".[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Aage Storm Borchgrevink ( 1969 - )" (in Norwegian). Gyldendal Norsk Forlag. Retrieved 31 May 2010.
  2. ↑ "Borchgrevink, Aage Storm" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 31 May 2010.
  3. ↑ Henriksen, Petter, ed. (2007). "Ossietzky-prisen". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 31 May 2010.


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Wednesday, October 28, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.