Jens Bjørneboe
Novelist, Author
1920 – 1976
Who was Jens Bjørneboe?
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 on the 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.
Jens Bjørneboe's first published work was Poems in 1951. He is widely considered to be one of Norway's most important post-war authors. Bjørneboe identified himself, among other self-definitions, as an anarcho-nihilist.
During the Norwegian language struggle, Bjørneboe was a notable proponent of the Riksmål language, together with his equally famous cousin André Bjerke.
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- Born
- Oct 9, 1920
Kristiansand - Also known as
- Jens Bjorneboe
- Jens Ingvald Bjørneboe
- Parents
- Spouses
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- Nationality
- Norway
- Profession
- Lived in
- Kristiansand
- Died
- May 9, 1976
Veierland
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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