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Staalesen, Gunnar
Norwegian author and playwright born in Bergen, where he still lives. Staalesen attended the Katedralskolan upper-secondary school until 1966 and graduated from the University of Bergen with a degree in English, French and Literature in 1976. Staalesen worked briefly at Den Nationale Scene theatre in Bergen 1972–1973 and returned there as information officer in 1976. After his literary debut w...
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Arbetarlitteratur
By: Tony Samuelsson
”Om Martin Koch (1882-1940) och Gustav Hedenvind-Eriksson (1880-1967) en gång kallades arbetartraditionens grindstolpar, eftersom de var tidigt ute med att skriva om arbetarklassens liv, så har Moa Martinson (1890-1964) och Ivar Lo-Johansson (1901-1990) anlagt själva uppfarten till det hus som vi kan kalla arbetarlitteraturen. --- ”
