1. Ebba Margareta Haslund Halvorsen was an American-Norwegian novelist, writer of short stories, playwright, essayist, children's writer, literary critic, radio speaker and politician.
15 Facts About Ebba Haslund
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Ebba Haslund became a student in 1935, and studied languages in both England, Germany and France before World War II.
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Ebba Haslund graduated from the University of Oslo in 1941 with the cand.
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Ebba Haslund used to live in Blommenholm, but died, aged 91, in Oslo.
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Ebba Haslund was a board member of the Writers' Guild of Norway from 1961 to 1967, and vice chair from 1967 to 1974.
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Ebba Haslund has written three memoir books, Som plommen i egget, Med vingehest i manesjen and Ikke naken, ikke kledd.
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Ebba Haslund worked as a literary critic for Aftenposten from 1970 to 1990, and editor-in-chief of the magazine Ordet from 1966 to 1967.
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Ebba Haslund was a columnist in several newspapers, including Klassekampen and Budstikka.
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Ebba Haslund was board member of the Norwegian branch of International PEN from 1955 to 1957, and vice chairman from 1964 to 1967.
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Ebba Haslund received honorary membership in the Norwegian Authors' Union in 1975, and in the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights in 1995.
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Ebba Haslund was a member of the board of Riksteateret from 1969 to 1977, a member of the Norwegian Language Council from 1976 to 1980 and a deputy member of the Arts Council Norway from 1977 to 1980.
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Ebba Haslund took John Lyng's seat while he served as Prime Minister between August and September 1963.
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Ebba Haslund was inspired by the radical feminism of the 1960s and 1970s, especially by the activity of Norwegian researcher and socialist politician Berit As.
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Ebba Haslund was awarded the Norwegian Booksellers' Prize in 1966 for the novel Det trange hjerte, and the Riksmal Society Literature Prize for Syndebukkens krets in 1968.
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Ebba Haslund received the Ossietzky Award in 2006 and the Fritt Ord Honorary Award in 2007.