Johan Borgen

Johan Borgen
Born(1902-04-28)28 April 1902
Kristiania, Norway
Died16 October 1979(1979-10-16) (aged 77)
NationalityNorwegian
Occupations
  • Author
  • journalist
  • critic
Notable workLillelord (1955)
Children3, including Brett Borgen

Johan Collett Müller Borgen (28 April 1902 – 16 October 1979) was a Norwegian writer, journalist and critic. His best-known work is the novel Lillelord for which he was awarded the Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature in 1955.[1][2] He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1966.[3]

  1. ^ "Borgen, Johan". NRK. Retrieved April 1, 2018.
  2. ^ "Kritikerprisen". Kritikerlaget. Retrieved April 1, 2018.
  3. ^ "Nomination Archive". NobelPrize.org. 2020-04-01. Retrieved 2021-03-22.