Odd Bang-Hansen

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Odd Bang-Hansen (born April 9, 1908 in Oslo ; † March 4, 1984 ) was a Norwegian writer , journalist , screenwriter and translator .

Life

The son of a pastor studied philology from 1926 to 1934 . From 1936 he worked as a teacher. From 1944 to 1945 he was a liaison officer in England . His first book was published in 1938, but he wrote most of his novels after the war. In 1946 the novel Ringen rundt brønnen was published , in which he deals with fascism . Bang-Hansen was also a translator and author of children's books. Among other things, he translated Astrid Lindgren's Mio, my Mio into Norwegian . He himself wrote the series Mette og Tom , which was awarded several prizes.

In 1965 he became chairman of the Norwegian Writers' Union . He held this post until 1971.

Two films with Bang-Hansen's participation were also shown in Germany: Schrift im Schnee in 1966 in the Federal Republic of Germany , Fridtjof Nansen on GDR television in 1971 . His sons Kjetil and Pål also worked on the first film .

Works

  • Fager er studentens drøm (1938)
  • Rings Rundt Brønnen (1946)
  • I denne natt (1947)
  • Mette og Tom i fjellet (1948)
  • Mette og Tom and bokstavene (1949)
  • Møllen and lyset (1949)
  • Mette og Tom i hulen (1951) - was also made into a film in 1951
  • Trapp med ni trinn (1952)
  • Fly hvite due (1953)
  • Trost i taklampa (1955) - screenplay, with Erik Borge , based on a novel by Alf Prøysen
  • Spillemann på flukt (1957)
  • Chat Noir og norsk revy (1961)
  • Ved Lady Days død (1964)
  • Skrift i sne (1966) - screenplay, German script in snow
  • Bare et liv - historien om Fridtjof Nansen (1968) - screenplay, with Yuli Dunsky , Sigurd Evensmo and Valeri Frid

Awards

  • Kultur- og kirkedepartementets litteraturpris for barne- og ungdomslitteratur (1949) for Mette og Tom og bokstavene
  • Bastian Prize (1959) for the translation of Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales

swell

  • Horst Bien and others: Meyers Taschenlexikon Northern European Literatures. Leipzig 1978.

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personal data
SURNAME Bang-Hansen, Odd
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Norwegian writer
DATE OF BIRTH April 9, 1908
PLACE OF BIRTH Oslo
DATE OF DEATH 4th March 1984