Alfred Hauge

Norwegian writer
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Born:
October 17, 1915, Sjernarøy, Norway
Died:
October 31, 1986, Stavanger (aged 71)

Alfred Hauge (born October 17, 1915, Sjernarøy, Norway—died October 31, 1986, Stavanger) was a Norwegian novelist and poet, best known for his trilogy describing the life of a Norwegian immigrant to the United States in the 1820s: Hundevakt (1961; “Midwatch”), Landkjenning (1964; “Land Sighting”), and Ankerfeste (1965; “Anchoring”). The collected work was published as Cleng Peerson in 1968, and an English translation (under the same title) in 1975. Hauge grew up on a small island in southwestern Norway. Perhaps influenced by the pietism of his home area, he studied theology, but eventually he became attached to a newspaper in the ...(100 of 363 words)