Eilif Straume
Norwegian writer
Intro | Norwegian writer | |
Places | Norway | |
was | Critic Journalist Literary critic | |
Work field | Journalism Literature | |
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Birth | 2 October 1928 | |
Death | 18 August 2012 (aged 83 years) |
Eilif Straume (2 October 1928 – 18 August 2012) was a Norwegian writer and critic.
He held the cand.philol. degree. He worked as a high school teacher in Eidsvoll and at Stavanger Cathedral School, but is best known from his time in the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. He was also a consultant for Fjernsynsteatret and a literary and theatre critic in the newspaper Aftenposten. He issued a poetry collection in 1997, and has been a prolific reader in audiobooks.
He was a member of the Norwegian Academy for Language and Literature, and sat on the committee that awards the Riksmål Society Literature Prize. He has also been a board member of the Norwegian Critics' Association.
He resided in Oslo. He died in August 2012.