Brekke, Toril
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| born on | 24 June 1949 at 17:35 (= 5:35 PM ) | ||||
| Place | Oslo, Norway, 59n55, 10e45 | ||||
| Timezone | CET h1e (is standard time) | ||||
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| Astrology data |   02°48'   11°47 Asc. 20°33'
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Biography
Norwegian novelist, writer of short stories, children's writer, biographer, translator, and literary critic who made her literary debut in 1976 with the novel "Jenny har fått sparken" ('Jenny Has Been Fired'), about factory women's fight against their employer.
Brekke received the Mads Wiel Nygaards Endowment in 1999. She was awarded the Riksmål Society Literature Prize in 2000, and the Amalie Skram Prize in 2004.
She was head of Nordnorsk Forfatterlag from 1979 to 1980, of the Norwegian Authors' Union from 1987 to 1991 and of the Norwegian branch of International PEN from 1992 to 1997. She was a board member for the National Theatre from 1990 to 1992.
Source Notes
Certificate of live birth in hand from Viktor E.
Categories
- Vocation : Writers : Biographer
- Vocation : Writers : Children's literature
- Vocation : Writers : Critic
- Vocation : Writers : Fiction
- Vocation : Writers : Translator
- Notable : Awards : Vocational award