Harald Grieg
Harald Grieg (* 1895 ; † 1972 ) was a Norwegian publisher . He was director of Gyldendal Norsk Forlag from 1925 to 1970 and the brother of Nordahl Grieg .
Among other things, he was the publisher Knut Hamsuns , who owned a large part of the shares in the publisher, with which he had enabled the publisher to go public. Politically, Grieg did not take a clear line during World War II . The publisher published numerous authors of the Nasjonal Samling . In 1941, however, Grieg refused to apply to the Reich Ministry for Public Enlightenment and Propaganda for a license and was then arrested. He was released in 1942 through the intercession of Hamsun's wife Marie and his son Tore, but was not allowed to run the publishing house again until the end of the war, when Tore Hamsun had become acting director. The work of his brother Nordahl Grieg in the resistance, together with his arrest, helped to secure a good reputation for the publisher. In 1945 Grieg broke with Hamsun in order not to be regarded as a collaborator like him. He later changed his stance and, after Hamsun's conviction, financed his fine in 1948 by loaning the shares and making an advance payment. After a long period of hesitation, he published On Overgrown Paths in 1949 and a new edition of Hamsun's collected works in 1951. The publisher still owns the rights to Hamsun's works today.
In 1958 Grieg received the Riksmålsforbundets litteraturpris .
Publications
En forleggers erindringer by Harald Grieg, Oslo (1971)
literature
Thorkild Hansen : Knut Hamsun, his time, his trial , Munich 1978.
Web links
- Gyldendals baron - Hans Fredrik Dahls omtale av Harald Grieg (Norwegian)
- Literature by and about Harald Grieg in the catalog of the German National Library
- Harald Grieg in the Norwegian War Lexicon (Norwegian)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Grieg, Harald |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Norwegian publisher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1895 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1972 |