Background

Terje Stigen was born on June 28, 1922, on Magerøya in Finnmark, Norway. He was the son of Ottar Stigen and Hanna Stigen, both teachers.

Education

Terje Stigen attended the University of Oslo in Norway.

Career

Having completed his philological education in 1947, Stigen immediately decided to devote himself to literary work. Beginning in 1950, when his first novel, Two Days, was published, he almost every year submitted a new work to readers and critics.

Achievements

• Norwegian novelist Terje Stigen is a masterful inventor of suspenseful plots and an unmatched creator of vivid scenes and occurrences. One of the more prolific writers to come out of Norway after World War II, Stigen is the author of more than forty volumes. He wrote 44 novels, short story collections, as well as a number of lectures and radio dramas.
  
  Terje Stigen was a recipient of a number of awards, as well as of a nomination for the Nordic Council's Literature Prize in 1987.

Works

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  • An Interrupted Passage 1956
  • The Crystal Ball 1963
  • Treskjæreren Johannes: Roman 1990
  • Krigen: Roman 1989
  • Monolitten: Roman 1988
  • Katedralen: Roman 1987
  • Ved foten av kunnskapens tre: Roman 1986
  • Baldershavn: Roman 1984
  • Avikfjord: Roman 1977
  • Peter Johannes Lookhas: Roman 1974
  • Norwegen 1958
  • Fyrholmen: Roman 1991
  • Vindstille Underveis 1956

Membership

Terje Stigen was a member of the Norwegian Academy for Language and Literature.

Personality

One of the most vivid impressions of Stigen's childhood was the harsh beauty of northern nature, which he later recreated in his works.

Connections

On January 4, 1947, Stigen married Inger Gihbsson. Stigen had two children: Harald and Kristin.

Father:

Ottar Stigen

Mother:

Hanna Stigen

child:

Harald Stigen

child:

Kristin Stigen

Wife:

Inger Gihbsson

References

• Contemporary Authors New Revision Series: A Bio-Bibliographical Guide to Current Writers in Fiction, General Non-Fiction, Poetry, Journalism, Drama, Motion Pictures, TV, & Other Fields, Vol. 193 In response to the escalating need for up-to-date information on writers, Contemporary Authors New Revision Series brings researchers the most recent data on the worlds most-popular authors.
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