Egil Rasmussen (28 April 1903 – 18 June 1964) was a Norwegian writer, literature critic and pianist. [1]

Rasmussen was born in the village of Bossekop in Alta, Norway. He grew up in Tromsø after Rasmussen's family moved to the city when he was 3 years old.

Rasmussen attended college and worked part time as a lector.[2] He received his Ph.D. in 1949. From 1948 to 1964 he was literary critic for the newspaper Aftenposten. His first literary effort was at 20 years of age when he produced the novel Østen og vesten in 1923. His last novel, Den siste skrivekaren. En norsk bygdelegende, was a dystopian vision of the future, which came out posthumously in 1966.

He received the Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature (Kritikerprisen) in 1953 for his novel Sonjas hjerte. [3]

Bibliography

  • Østen og Vesten novel (1923)
  • Drapsmanden. Roman fra Tromsø novel (1925)
  • Mørk demring novel (1934)
  • Idag er alt mulig novel (1937)
  • Et rop i stormen novel (1938)
  • Presten fra havet novel (1941)
  • Kunstneren og samfunnsbildet prose (1949)
  • Angstens dikter Edgar Allan Poe prose (1949)
  • Gammelprestens koffert novel (1950)
  • Sonjas hjerte novel (1953)
  • En konge rider hjem novel (1955)
  • Det dømte hus novel (1957)
  • Hvor ørnene samles novel (1958)
  • Guttene fra Gokkohjørnet novel (1959)
  • Legenden om Lovella novel (1961)
  • Den siste skrivekaren. En norsk bygdelegende novel (1966)[4]

Prizes

References

  1. Erik Bjerck Hagen. "Egil Rasmussen". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved May 1, 2018.
  2. The highest rank as a secondary student.
  3. Vidar Iversen. "1953 Egil Rasmussen for Sonjas hjerte". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved May 1, 2018.
  4. Publications in BIBSYS
  5. "1950: Egil Rasmussen, Hans Henrik Holm". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved May 1, 2018.
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