Herbrand Lavik, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Herbrand Lavik

Norwegian writer

Date of Birth: 19-May-1901

Date of Death: 22-Mar-1965

Profession: writer, poet, translator, journalist, linguist

Nationality: Norway

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Herbrand Lavik

  • Herbrand Lavik (19 May 1901 – 22 March 1965) was a Norwegian journalist, short story writer, novelist, poet, translator and theatre critic. He was born in Bergen as a son of newspaper editor Johannes Lavik (1856–1929) and Olivia Heitmann (1862–1944).
  • He was a nephew of Andres, Andreas and Dore and Johannes Lavik and a first cousin of Nils Lavik.
  • In 1930 he married French citizen Laure Jeanne AmĂ©lie Birnbaum (1910–1995).From 1929 he was editor-in-chief of the Florø newspaper Nordre Bergenhus Amtstidende.
  • He made his literary debut in 1937 with the short story collection Frenzie's indianere.
  • In 1945 he published the novel Tunet i det blĂĄ and the poetry collection Tolv dikt fra krigens tid.
  • Among his translations are books by James Fenimore Cooper, Daniel Defoe, Charles Dickens and Frederick Marryat.
  • He translated Samuel Pepys' diaries and poetry by François Villon into Norwegian language.
  • From 1945 he was a theatre critic for the newspaper Bergens Tidende.

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