Finn Carling | |
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 Finn Carling in 1974 | |
| Born | 1 October 1925 Oslo, Norway |
| Died | 12 March 2004 (aged 78) |
| Nationality | Norwegian |
| Occupation(s) | Novelist, playwright, poet and essayist |
| Awards | Riksmål Society Literature Prize (1970) Gyldendal's Endowment (1976) Dobloug Prize (1986) Aschehoug Prize (1987) Arts Council Norway Honorary Award (1999) |
Finn Carling (1 October 1925 – 12 March 2004) was a Norwegian novelist, playwright, poet and essayist.[citation needed]
He was born in Oslo, Norway. He took artium in 1945 and studied psychology at the University of Oslo from 1945-49. He followed with a course of study of sociology, history and literature at Howard University in Washington, D.C. during 1957-58. [1]
He made his literary debut in 1949 with Broen (two short stories and a one-act play). He had authorship of several genres, and became a key figure in Norwegian post-war literature. Carling had innate cerebral palsy. He described his childhood and adolescence with this disability in the autobiographical novel Kilden og muren (1958).[2][3]
He died during 2004 and was buried at Voksen kirkegård in Oslo.[4]
