Finn Carling

Finn Carling (1 October 1925 – 12 March 2004) was a Norwegian novelist, playwright, poet and essayist.

Biography He was born in Oslo, Norway. He took artium in 1945 and studied psychology at the University of Oslo from 1945-49. He followed with a course of study of sociology, history and literature at Howard University in Washington, D.C. during 1957-58.

He made his literary debut in 1949 with Broen (two short stories and a one-act play). He had authorship of several genres, and became a key figure in Norwegian post-war literature. Carling had innate cerebral palsy. He described his childhood and adolescence with this disability in the autobiographical novel Kilden og muren (1958).

He died during 2004 and was buried at Voksen kirkegård in Oslo.

Awards Riksmål Society Literature Prize - 1970 Gyldendal's Endowment - 1976 Dobloug Prize - 1986 Aschehoug Prize - 1987 Norsk kulturråds ærespris - 1999