Hofmo, Gunvor

Gunvor Hofmo
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Name	Hofmo, Gunvor Gender: F
born on	30 June 1921 at 07:00 (= 07:00 AM )
Place	Oslo, Norway, 59n55, 10e45
Timezone	MET h1e (is standard time)
Data source	BC/BR in hand Rodden Rating AA Collector: Viktor
Astrology data	07°53' 27°43 Asc. 15°53'

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Gunvor Hofmo
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Biography

Norwegian poet often considered one of the most important modernist poets in her country. She started her literary career submitting poems for publication to a wide variety of presses, including the communist newspaper Friheten ('The Freedom') and weekly magazines such as Hjemmet ('The Home').

One of her first published poems was dedicated to her close friend Ruth Maier, who, during the Holocaust, was arrested, deported, and killed in Auschwitz (in 1942), an event that by all accounts became the biggest and central tragedy in Hofmo's life. She was hospitalized in 1943 for depression, starting a lifelong struggle with mental illness.

In 1947 Hofmo met the poet Astrid Tollefsen. They moved in together, becoming one of the first Norwegian couples living in an openly lesbian relationship. They continued to live and travel together until Hofmo was incapacitated and committed due to mental illness.

Hofmo was institutionalized at Gaustad Psychiatric Hospital, suffering from schizophrenia, paranoid type, from 1955 to 1971, leading to what was known as her "16 years of silence." Following her discharge, she went into a period of considerable productivity, publishing fifteen poetry collections between 1971 and 1994. From 1977 until her death she never left her apartment.

Gunvor Hofmo died on 14 October 1995 in Oslo, aged 74.

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Events

• Death of Significant person 1942 (Ruth Maier, killed in Auschwitz)

• Social : Institutionalized - prison, hospital 1955 (Psychiatric hospital)

• Social : Deinstitutionalized - prison, hospital 1971 (Psychiatric hospital)

• Death, Cause unspecified 14 October 1995 (Age 74)
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Source Notes

Viktor E. quotes certificate of live birth in hand.

Categories

• Traits : Personality : Private (Reclusive)

• Diagnoses : Psychological : Institutionalized

• Family : Relationship : Mate - Noted (Astrid Tollefsen, poet)

• Family : Relationship : Mate - Same sex (Astrid Tollefsen)

• Passions : Sexuality : Lesbian

• Vocation : Writers : Columnist/ journalist (Essayist)

• Vocation : Writers : Poet

• Notable : Awards : Vocational award (Literary prizes)