Leif B. Lillegaard

Leif B. Lillegaard (1 May 1918, Sandnessjøen – 24 April 1994) was a Norwegian journalist and newspaper editor, radio reporter and novelist.

Leif B. Lillegaard
Born
Leif Bryde Lillegaard

(1918-05-01)1 May 1918
Sandnessjøen, Norway
Died24 April 1994(1994-04-24) (aged 75)
Trondheim
NationalityNorwegian
OccupationJournalist
Newspaper editor
Radio reporter
Novelist
AwardsNorwegian Booksellers' Prize

Career

He was editor for the newspaper Harstad Tidende, a journalist for the newspaper Morgenbladet, and a freelance radio reporter for the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation.

He made his literary debut in 1963, with a book on the 1943 Filipstad explosion.

He wrote more than one hundred books, both fiction and non-fiction, and was awarded the Norwegian Booksellers' Prize in 1981 for the story Mor.[1][2]

References
  1. "Leif Bryde Lillegaard". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 31 December 2009.
  2. Bonde, Arne. "Leif B Lillegaard". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 31 December 2009.


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