Johan Petter Falkberget

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Johan Petter Falkberget

Norwegian novelist

Also known as: Johan Petter Lillebakken

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Pseudonym of:: Johan Petter Lillebakken

Born:: September 30, 1879, near Røros, Norway

Died:: April 5, 1967, Tyvol, near Røros (aged 87)

Notable Works:: “Christianus Sextus”; “Nattens brød”

Movement / Style:: regionalism

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Johan Petter Falkberget (born September 30, 1879, near Røros, Norway—died April 5, 1967, Tyvol, near Røros) was a regional novelist of life in the east-central mountains of Norway. The self-educated son of a miner, Falkberget himself worked in the copper mines from age 8 until he was 27, learning to write fiction at the same time. His novels about the mountain peasants, miners, and railway workers deal realistically with their hard lives, marginal culture, and antagonism to the more comfortable and prosperous valley settlers. One of his early works is Lisbet paa Jarnfjeld (1915; Lisbeth of Jarnfjeld), the psychological study ...(100 of 303 words)

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