Else Michelet
Else Michelet | |
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Born | Trondheim, Norway | 16 February 1942
Nationality | Norwegian |
Alma mater | University of Oslo |
Occupation(s) | Journalist Satirical writer Songwriter |
Employer | Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation |
Spouse | Ingjald Ørbeck Sørheim |
Awards | Fritt Ord Honorary Award |
Else Michelet (born 16 February 1942) is a Norwegian journalist, satirical writer and songwriter.
She was born in Trondheim as a daughter of teacher Frans Oscar Michelet (1906–1984) and housewife Synnøve Kulseng (1905–1981). The family moved to Bærum in 1947, and Michelet graduated from the University of Oslo with a cand.mag. degree. She has worked for the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation from 1967; in the radio from 1973. She contributed to the entertainment programs Nitimen and Reiseradioen, and worked with the weekly satirical radio show Hallo i uken from 1990. She was its producer from 1993 to 2009.[1][2]
She has also written several books: Sin egen herre: eventyr og annet ugress (1979), En annen historie (1981) and the novel Ariadnes tråd: et reiseliv (1988).[1] Michelet was awarded the Fritt Ord Honorary Award in 2009.[3]
From 1977 to 1979 she was married to Ingjald Ørbeck Sørheim.[2]
References
- ^ a b "Else Michelet". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 29 May 2010.
- ^ a b Norheim, Marta. "Else Michelet". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 29 May 2010.
- ^ "Priser – Fritt Ords Honnør" (in Norwegian). Fritt Ord. Retrieved 29 May 2010.
- 1942 births
- Living people
- People from Bærum
- University of Oslo alumni
- Norwegian radio personalities
- NRK people
- Norwegian songwriters
- Norwegian satirists
- Norwegian journalists
- Norwegian women writers
- Norwegian people of French descent
- Women satirists
- Norwegian Association for Women's Rights people
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