About Carl Fredrik Engelstad
Lived 1915 – 1996 (aged 80). Carl Fredrik Engelstad was a Norwegian linguist, journalist, writer, translator, biographer and playwright.
Carl Johan Fredrik Engelstad (11 November 1915 – 1 October 1996) was a Norwegian writer, playwright, journalist, translator and theatre director.
Personal life Engelstad was born in Hadsel Municipality as the son of jurist Sigurd Engelstad (1878–1916) and younger brother of archivist Sigurd Engelstad.
He married Vibeke Engelstad, a physician. Their son Fredrik became a professor of sociology, and married professor Irene Johnson. He also wrote books about Francis of Assisi, Ronald Fangen, Ludvig Holberg and Johan Herman Wessel, among others.
Awards Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature 1977, 1986 Riksmål Society Literature Prize 1986
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Who was Carl Fredrik Engelstad?
Norwegian writer (1915-1996)
When was Carl Fredrik Engelstad born?
Carl Fredrik Engelstad was born on 11 November 1915 in Hadsel Municipality.
When did Carl Fredrik Engelstad die?
Carl Fredrik Engelstad died on 1 October 1996.
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Carl Fredrik Engelstad was a linguist, journalist, writer, translator, biographer and playwright.
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Carl Fredrik Engelstad was Norwegian.
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