The Modern Novel

Biography

Sigbjørn Hølmebakk was born in 1922 in Feda (now Kvinesdal) in Vest-Agder. After attending trading school, he worked for a few years in Oslo. In 1943 he returned to Feda to take over the small family farm. His first published work was a collection of stories in 1950. He went on to write stories and novels, as well as film scrips and radio plays. Several of his works were made into films. He was active in the popular movement against nuclear weapons in Norway.He was a socialist and wrote a famous article in the press about the persecution of communists and other radicals. He was married several times and had eight children. He died in 1981.

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Sigbjørn Hølmebakk
Sigbjørn Hølmebakk (in Norwegian)
Sigbjørn Hølmebakk (in Norwegian)