About Eilif Straume
Lived 1928 – 2012 (aged 83). Eilif Straume was a Norwegian arts journalist, literary critic, poet, radio personality, lector and philologist.
Eilif Straume (2 October 1928 – 18 August 2012) was a Norwegian writer and critic.
He held the cand.philol. degree. He worked as a high school teacher in Eidsvoll and at Stavanger Cathedral School, but is best known from his time in the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. He was also a consultant for Fjernsynsteatret and a literary and theatre critic in the newspaper Aftenposten. He issued a poetry collection in 1997, and has been a prolific reader in audiobooks.
He was a member of the Norwegian Academy for Language and Literature, He has also been a board member of the Norwegian Critics' Association.
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Who was Eilif Straume?
Norwegian writer (1928-2012)
When was Eilif Straume born?
Eilif Straume was born on 2 October 1928 in Halden.
When did Eilif Straume die?
Eilif Straume died on 18 August 2012 in Oslo.
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Eilif Straume was an arts journalist, literary critic, poet, radio personality, lector and philologist.
What nationality was Eilif Straume?
Eilif Straume was Norwegian.
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