About Herbrand Lavik
Lived 1901 – 1965 (aged 63). Herbrand Lavik was a Norwegian linguist, writer, journalist, translator and poet.
Herbrand Lavik (19 May 1901 – 22 March 1965) was a Norwegian journalist, short story writer, novelist, poet, translator and theatre critic.
He was born in Bergen as a son of newspaper editor Johannes Lavik (1856–1929) and Olivia Heitmann (1862–1944). He was a nephew of Andres, Andreas and Dore and Johannes Lavik and a first cousin of Nils Lavik. In 1930 he married French citizen Laure Jeanne Amélie Birnbaum (1910–1995).
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Who was Herbrand Lavik?
Norwegian writer (1901–1965)
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Herbrand Lavik was born on 19 May 1901.
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Herbrand Lavik died on 22 March 1965.
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Herbrand Lavik was a linguist, writer, journalist, translator and poet.
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Herbrand Lavik was Norwegian.
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