Sigbjørn Hølmebakk Explained

Sigbjørn Hølmebakk
Birth Date:2 February 1922
Birth Place:Feda, Norway
Nationality:Norwegian
Occupation:Novelist
Relatives:Gordon Hølmebakk (brother)

Sigbjørn Hølmebakk (2 February 1922 – 25 November 1981) was a Norwegian author.[1]

Biography

Hølmebakk was born in Feda (now Kvinesdal) in Vest-Agder, Norway. His parents were Søren Adolf Svindland (1881–1966) and Inger Marie Abrahamsen Møgedal (1888–1949). His brother was the publisher and author Gordon Hølmebakk. After attending trading school, Hølmebakk worked for a few years in Oslo. In 1943 he returned to Feda to take over the small farm.

Hølmebakk's début in literature came in 1950 with the novel "Don't Talk About the Fall" (Ikke snakk om høsten). As an author he was a realist, who wrote of existential questions with force and skillfully explored social backgrounds. He was a much beloved author before he died at the relatively young age of 59.Many of Hølmebakk's works became the basis for films. “The Terrible Winter” (Fimbulvinteren) (1964) about the German military scorched earth policy during the Liberation of Finnmark by Soviet and Norwegian forces at the end of the Second World War became the film “Burnt Earth” (Brent jord) in 1969, starring Knut Andersen. Hurra for Andersens was filmed in 1966, starring Knut Andersen. "The Maiden's Leap” (Jentespranget) (1970) was filmed in 1973, starring Knud Leif Thomsen. "The Carriage Stone" (Karjolsteinen) (1975) was filmed in 1977, directed by Knut Andersen.[2]

In 1976 he received the Dobloug Prize.Hølmebakk was active in the popular movement against atomic weapons in Norway and one of the initiators of the Sosialistisk Folkeparti. In 1961 he wrote his then famous article ‘’Brønnpisserne’’ about the suspicious activities and persecutions of communists and other radicals.He died in 1981 at 59 years of age.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sigbjørn Hølmebakk . Store norske leksikon . Erik Bjerck Hagen. April 1, 2018.
  2. Web site: Sigbjørn Hølmebakk. Norsk biografisk leksikon. Tom Lotherington . April 1, 2018.