Reidar Øksnevad
Reidar Øksnevad | |
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Born | Kristiansand, Norway | 13 May 1884
Died | 31 January 1958 | (aged 73)
Nationality | Norwegian |
Occupation | journalist, bibliographer and librarian |
Relatives | Toralv Øksnevad (brother) |
Reidar Øksnevad (13 May 1884 – 31 January 1958) was a Norwegian journalist, bibliographer and librarian.
He was born in Kristiansand to teacher Arnt Øksnevad and Kirsten Torine Folkvord, and was a brother of Toralv Øksnevad. Øksnevad lived in Paris for 34 years. He lectured at Sorbonne from 1913 to 1919, was a foreign correspondent for Dagbladet and other media, and was assigned librarian at the Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève from 1924 to 1928 and from 1940 to 1945. He published around forty books, including several bibliographies. Among his works is the two-volume Norsk litteraturhistorisk bibliografi, covering the periods 1900–1945 and 1946–1955. He was decorated Knight of the Legion of Honour and Officier d'Académie.[1][2]
References[]
- ^ Torp, Olaf Chr. "Reidar Øksnevad". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
- ^ Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). "Reidar Øksnevad". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
Categories:
- 1884 births
- 1958 deaths
- People from Kristiansand
- Norwegian librarians
- Norwegian bibliographers
- Norwegian expatriates in France
- Chevaliers of the Légion d'honneur
- Officiers of the Ordre des Palmes Académiques
- 20th-century Norwegian journalists
- Norwegian people stubs