Lars Berg, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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Norwegian teacher, novelist, short story writer and playwright
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About Lars Berg
- Lars Kornelius Edvard Berg (16 May 1901 â 11 January 1969) was a Norwegian teacher, novelist, short story writer and playwright. He was born at Kvaløya as the son of fisherman and farmer Emil Larsen Berg and Olufine Johansen, and grew up at a small farm.
- From 1947 he was married to Aud NorvĂĽg.
- He died at Kvaløya in January 1969.He graduated from the teacher's college in Tromsø in 1922, and worked as a teacher in Bø i VesterĂĽlen from 1922 to 1923, Ărsta from 1923 to 1924 and Hillesøy from 1924 to 1934.
- He later worked as a headmaster in Tromsøysund from 1940 to 1967.
- He made his literary debut in 1934 with the novel Men det var det ingen som visste, and followed up with Du er den første kvinne in 1935.
- Berg was influenced by ideas from Freud's psychoanalysis.
- His candid treatment of sexuality-related problems in the first two novels led to strong reactions and initiated a spirited cultural debate in the late 1930s.
- His next two novels were Du skal svare (1936) and Fire søsken gür ut (1937).
- In the late 1930s he also published a number of short stories in the periodical Arbeidermagasinet.During the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany Berg was a member of the resistance movement in Troms.
- He was arrested in 1942 and incarcerated at the Grini concentration camp.
- Among his post war novels are Kvinna og havet from 1950, Vi mĂĽ ro i natt from 1951, and Den lange vegen from 1967.
- He was an advocate for theatre in Northern Norway for many years, and is given credit for the establishing of HĂĽlogaland Teater (after his death).
- His first play was Maria, about a rehabilitation center for young girls off the straight path.
- The play was staged at Det Norske Teatret in April 1959, directed by Dagmar Myhrvold, with Elisabeth Bang as "Maria", the headmistress, and Liv Thorsen as the young girl "Tora".
- The play was also adapted into an audio play for Radioteatret.
- His play Petter Dass was later performed at HĂĽlogaland Teater.
- Berg was awarded Mads Wiel Nygaards Endowment in 1968 (shared with Kjell Heggelund).
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