André Bjerke

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Bjerke around 1958

Jarl André Bjerke (born January 30, 1918 in Oslo ; † January 10, 1985 ) was a Norwegian writer and poet , who wrote some under the pseudonym Bernhard Borge . After his debut in 1940, he became one of Norway's most important writers after the war. He also worked as a translator .

Life

André Bjerke was born in 1918 as the son of the writer Ejlert Bjerke (1887–1963) and his wife Karin Svenson (1891–1964) in today's Oslo district of Aker. His maternal cousin was the author Jens Bjørneboe . In 1946 he married Mette Brun. In 1959 he married the actress Henny Elisabeth Moan , who divorced in 1972. His third wife was Gerd Granholt.

In 1940 he published his first work with Syngende jord , the second followed two years later with Fakkeltog . Most Norwegian writers boycotted the Nazi publishers during World War II. André Bjerkes father, however, agreed to work with them and published a new poem of Johan Ludvig Runeberg's work Ensign Stahl . Since André helped him with the linguistic elaboration, he was also criticized for it after the Second World War. However, he was also a victim of the German occupation and had to flee to Telemark during his time as a student .

His father gave him the inspiration to deal with classical world literature . He also taught in the game of chess , which he also thematized in his book Spillet i mitt liv , published in 1968 .

In the course of his career, Bjerke also translated plays and poetry by Shakespeare , Molière , Goethe , Racine , Kipling , Parker , Poe , Hesse , Heine , Dickinson and Blixen . Among other things, he translated Goethe's Faust. A tragedy. and fist. The tragedy part two . When the translation of the second part was completed in 1983, he was already in a wheelchair. He also published several children's books.

He used the pseudonym Bernhard Borge for his crime novels. The detective novel De dødes tjern , published in 1942, was filmed in 1958 under the direction of Kåre Bergstrøm . Bjerke was involved as an actor.

Bjerke wrote in Riksmål and was committed to its language, u. a. as chairman of the Riksmålsforbundet for its official magazine Ordet, he was editor from 1950 to 1966 and as chairman of the Forfatterforeningen av 1952 .

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Bjerke around 1980
Photo: André Savik

Poetry

  • Syngende jord , 1940
  • Regnbuen , 1946
  • Fakkeltog , 1942
  • Escapaders , 1948
  • Dikt om vin og kjærlighet , 1950
  • The bloody summer , 1951
  • Press spinner i berget , 1953
  • Slik frøet bærer skissen til et tre , 1954
  • En kylling under stjernene , 1960
  • Med alle mine fugler (hundre dikt) 1965
  • A sketch he rounds oss , 1966
  • Skyros, Egeerhavet , 1967
  • Det finnes ennu rope , 1968
  • En helt almindelig lek (selection of poems) 1973
  • Et strå i vind , 1974
  • Sol, måne og elleve stjerner (Selected Poems), 1975
  • Samlede dikt , 1977 (two volumes)
  • I byen min , 1979
  • Hverdagsmirakel and other efterlatte dikt , 2001
  • Samlede dikt , 2003 (collected poems, complete for the first time)

Crime fiction

(Under the pseudonym Bernhard Borge)

  • Nattmennesket , 1941
  • De dødes tjern , 1942 (German Death in the Blausee), filmed in 1958
  • Døde menn går i land , 1947
  • Skjult mønster , 1950
  • Enhjørningen , 1963
  • Uncle Oscar starter opp , 1970 (crime stories, together with Harald Tusberg )
  • Uncle Oscar kjører videre , 1970 (crime stories, together with Harald Tusberg)
  • Hobby detectives: historiene om Klaus Vangli , 1971 (crime stories)

prose

  • Hva er god style? 1955
  • Rim og rytme: en liten verselære , 1956
  • Babels tårn , 1959
  • New contributions to Goethe's color theory. ( Nye bidrag til Goethe's farvelære , 1961)
  • Hva er godt riksmål? Spørsmål and svar , 1962
  • Sproget som ikke ville dø , 1964
  • Arnulf Øverland - vårt sprogs konservator og fornyer , 1965 (about Arnulf Øverland )
  • Dannet talesprog , 1966
  • Reiser gjennom århundrene: i syv stilepoker , 1967
  • Hva er godt riksmål? Spørsmål og svar , 1967
  • Hårdt mot hårdt , 1968
  • Spillet i mitt liv: en amatør ved sjakkbrettet , 1968
  • Grenseland - fem år efter , 1977 (with Harald Tusberg)
  • Versekunsten: rytme og rim , 1980 (revised edition of Rim og rytme from 1956)

Novellas

  • Tryllestaven , 1961
  • Fortellinger ved peisen , 1981 (selection of short stories)

Essays

  • Fuglen i fikserbildet: fragmenter av en livsanskuelse , 1955
  • I syklonens center , 1970
  • Å kunne eller ikke kunne , 1970
  • Med kritiske øyne , 1971 (New Year's greetings from the Aas & Wahls boktrykkeri . Not available in stores.)
  • Djevelens omgangsfelle , 1974
  • I kampens glede , 1982 (A selection of essays from previous collections)

humor

  • Den bakvendte boken , 1949 (together with Odd Eidem and Carl Keilhau )
  • Den bakvendte familieboken - ved tre av dem 1951 (together with Odd Eidem and Carl Keilhau)
  • Den bakvendte familieboken - ved to av dem 1955 (together with Carl Keilhau)

Children's books

  • Fables om Gry og Gruble , 1948
  • For moro skyld 1956
  • Mere moro 1957
  • Fru Nitters datter
  • André Bjerkes ABC , Riksmålsforbundet, 1959
  • Moro-vers , 1980 (collection of poems for children, with illustrations by Rune Johan Andersson ; later editions (1995 and 2000) with a less extensive selection and illustrations by Fam Ekman and Svein Nyhus )

Others

  • For anledningen (prologer gjennom 15 år) , 1963
  • For teppet går opp (prologer gjennom 25 år) , 1973
  • André Bjerke i lek og alvor , 1982 (Festschrift on the occasion of his 65th birthday)

Awards

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ André Bjerke in: Store Norske Leksikon, accessed on March 1, 2020 (Norwegian)
  2. ↑ “De dødes tjern” can endelig være funnet - EIDSBORG (NRK): January 30th he det 100 år siden forfatteren André Bjerke ble født. Nå kan virkelighetens "De dødes tjern" endelig ha blitt funnet.

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personal data
SURNAME Bjerke, André
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bjerke, Jarl André
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Norwegian writer and poet
DATE OF BIRTH January 30, 1918
PLACE OF BIRTH Oslo
DATE OF DEATH January 10, 1985
Place of death Oslo