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Jens Bjørneboe

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Norwegian writer (1920-1976)

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Jens Ingvald Bjørneboe was a Norwegian writer whose work spanned a number of literary formats. He was also a painter and a Waldorf school teacher. Bjørneboe was a harsh and eloquent critic of Norwegian society and Western civilization as a whole.

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1974Dobloug Prize
1974Riksmål Society Literature Prize
1972Gyldendal's Endowment

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Jens Ingvald Bjørneboe was a Norwegian writer whose work spanned a number of literary formats. He was also a painter and a Waldorf school teacher. Bjørneboe was a harsh and eloquent critic of Norwegian society and Western civilization as a whole. He led a turbulent life and his uncompromising opinions cost him both an obscenity conviction as well as long periods of heavy drinking and bouts of depression, which in the end led to his suicide.

Country
Norway
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1920 to 1976 · aged 55
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21 languages

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