Eilif Straume, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Eilif Straume

Norwegian writer

Date of Birth: 02-Oct-1928

Date of Death: 18-Aug-2012

Profession: poet, journalist, literary critic

Nationality: Norway

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Eilif Straume (2 October 1928 – 18 August 2012) was a Norwegian writer and critic. He held the cand.philol.
degree.
He worked as a high school teacher in Eidsvoll and at Stavanger Cathedral School, but is best known from his time in the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation.
He was also a consultant for Fjernsynsteatret and a literary and theatre critic in the newspaper Aftenposten.
He issued a poetry collection in 1997, and has been a prolific reader in audiobooks.He was a member of the Norwegian Academy for Language and Literature, and sat on the committee that awards the Riksmål Society Literature Prize.
He has also been a board member of the Norwegian Critics' Association.He resided in Oslo.
He died in August 2012.