Reidar Øksnevad, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Norwegian librarian
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Place of Birth: Kristiansand, Southern Norway, Norway
About Reidar Øksnevad
- Reidar Øksnevad (13 May 1884 – 31 January 1958) was a Norwegian journalist, bibliographer and librarian. He was born in Kristiansand to teacher Arnt Øksnevad and Kirsten Torine Folkvord, and was a brother of Toralv Øksnevad.
- Øksnevad lived in Paris for 34 years.
- He lectured at Sorbonne from 1913 to 1919, was a foreign correspondent for Dagbladet and other media, and was assigned librarian at the Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève from 1924 to 1928 and from 1940 to 1945.
- He published around forty books, including several bibliographies.
- Among his works is the two-volume Norsk litteraturhistorisk bibliografi, covering the periods 1900–1945 and 1946–1955.
- He was decorated Knight of the Legion of Honour and Officier d'Académie.
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