Paal Brekke

Paal Brekke
Portrait of Brekke, Nasjonalbiblioteket collection.
Born(1923-09-17)17 September 1923
Died2 December 1993(1993-12-02) (aged 70)
NationalityNorwegian
Occupationpoet
Known forpioneer of modernism in Norway

Paal Brekke (17 September 1923 – 2 December 1993) was a Norwegian lyricist, novelist, translator of poetry, and literary critic. Brekke fled from occupied Norway to Sweden in 1940, when he was 17 years old. He made his literary debut in 1942, with the poetry collection Av din jord er vi til (From thy soil we exist). His first novel was På flukt (On the run, 1946).

Brekke has been called the father of modernism in Norway.[1][2][3][4] He was awarded the Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature in 1972 for the poetry collection Aftenen er stille (Quiet is the evening).[5] He received the Dobloug Prize in 1981.

  1. ^ Jan Erik Vold (1979). "Et essay om Paal Brekke". Samtiden nr. 3/1979 (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 24 October 2008.
  2. ^ Inger Bentzrud (2002). "Oppgjør med fadermordere". Dagbladet (in Norwegian). Retrieved 24 October 2008.
  3. ^ Guri Hjeltnes (2002). "Bragd av Brekke. Toril Brekke: "Paal Brekke - En kunstner - Et liv"". VG (in Norwegian). Retrieved 24 October 2008.
  4. ^ Atle Christiansen (2002). "Sanninga om Paal Brekke?". Dag og Tid (in Norwegian). Retrieved 24 October 2008.
  5. ^ "Tidligere vinnere av Kritikerprisen" (in Norwegian). NRK. 2002. Retrieved 21 October 2008.