Leif B. Lillegaard
Leif B. Lillegaard | |
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Born | Leif Bryde Lillegaard 1 May 1918 Sandnessjøen, Norway |
Died | 24 April 1994 | (aged 75)
Nationality | Norwegian |
Occupation | Journalist Newspaper editor Radio reporter Novelist |
Awards | Norwegian Booksellers' Prize |
Leif B. Lillegaard (1 May 1918, Sandnessjøen – 24 April 1994) was a Norwegian journalist and newspaper editor, radio reporter and novelist.
Career[]
He was editor for the newspaper Harstad Tidende, a journalist for the newspaper Morgenbladet, and a freelance radio reporter for the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation.
He made his literary debut in 1963, with a book on the 1943 Filipstad explosion.
He wrote more than one hundred books, both fiction and non-fiction, and was awarded the Norwegian Booksellers' Prize in 1981 for the story Mor.[1][2]
References[]
- ^ "Leif Bryde Lillegaard". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 31 December 2009.
- ^ Bonde, Arne. "Leif B Lillegaard". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 31 December 2009.
Categories:
- 1918 births
- 1994 deaths
- People from Alstahaug
- Norwegian newspaper editors
- NRK people
- People educated at the Haagaas School
- 20th-century Norwegian novelists
- Norwegian journalist stubs