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'''Aage Storm Borchgrevink''' (born 20. October 1969in [[Oslo]]) is a Norwegian writer, literary critic, and political activist. He has been employed by the |
'''Aage Storm Borchgrevink''' (born 20. October 1969in [[Oslo]]) is a Norwegian writer, literary critic, and political activist. He has been employed by the [[Helsinki Committee]] in Norway since 1993 as an adviser, mainly on human rights in [[Russia]] and other post-Soviet countries.<ref name=gyld/> He has written eight fiction and non-fiction books since his debut with ''Arkivene'' in 2022. |
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Aage Borchgrevink | |
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| Born | 1969 |
| Occupation(s) | Human rights activist, writer and literary critic |
Aage Storm Borchgrevink (born 20. October 1969in Oslo) is a Norwegian writer, literary critic, and political activist. He has been employed by the Helsinki Committee in Norway since 1993 as an adviser, mainly on human rights in Russia and other post-Soviet countries.[1] He has written eight fiction and non-fiction books since his debut with Arkivene in 2022.
Career
He was born in Oslo, and graduated in literary history at the University of Oslo.[1] His fiction releases are the novel Arkivene from 2000 and the short story collection Folkevandringer from 2004.[2] He has written two travelogues; Eurostories. Reiser i Øst-Europa (2003) and Den usynlige krigen. Reiser i Tsjetsjenia, Ingusjetia og Dagestan (2007). As a literary critic he publishes in Vinduet and in newspapers.[1]
Borchgrevink has also warned against the political left's praise of Julian Assange.[3][4] He works at the Norwegian Helsinki Committee, where he focuses on justifying military campaigns.[5]
Awards
In 2004 he was awarded the Ossietzky Award by the Norwegian PEN for his "outstanding promotion of free speech".[6]
In 2012 he received the Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature for his biography of terrorist Anders Behring Breivik.[7]
Bibliography
- 2000: Arkivene (novel) (ISBN 978-82-05-27571-3)
- 2003: Eurostories: Reiser i Øst-Europa. (short stories) (ISBN 978-82-05-31173-2)
- 2004: Folkevandringer (novellas) (ISBN 978-82-05-33215-7)
- 2007: Den usynlige krigen: Reiser i Tsjetsjenia, Ingusjetia og Dagestan (ISBN 978-82-02-24794-2)
- 2012: En norsk tragedie: Anders Behring Breivik og veiene til Utøya ["A Norwegian tragedy. Anders Behring Breivik and the roads to Utøya"] (2012)[8]
- 2014: Forvandlinger (novellas), Tiden
- 2019: Giganten: fra Statoil til Equinor: historien om selskapet som forandret Norge, Kagge forlag, ISBN 9788248924722
- 2022: Krigsherren i Kreml – Putin og hans tid, Kagge forlag, ISBN 9788248930051
References
- ^ a b c "Aage Storm Borchgrevink ( 1969 - )" (in Norwegian). Gyldendal Norsk Forlag. Retrieved 31 May 2010.
- ^ "Borchgrevink, Aage Storm" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 31 May 2010.
- ^ Dyrkingen av Julian Assange viser venstresidens begjær etter falske profeter, skriver Aage Borchgrevink
- ^ Evangeliet etter Borchgrevink
- ^ Borchgrevink, Aage Storm (1999). Bakgrunnen for konflikten i Kosovo og OSSEs rolle. Den norske Atlanterhavskomite.
- ^ Henriksen, Petter, ed. (2007). "Ossietzky-prisen". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 31 May 2010.
- ^ "Beste sakprosabok for voksne". Retrieved 21 March 2022.
- ^ https://www.nrk.no/kultur/anbefaling_-gode-boker-om-22.-juli-1.15482583 [13 recommended books about (the attacks, or) 22 July]
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