Hallvard Rieber-Mohn
Hallvard Rieber-Mohn (2 October 1922, Molde - 4 August 1982) was a Norwegian Dominican priest and author. [1]
Biography
He was born at Molde in Møre og Romsdal, Norway. His parents were Christian Joachim Rieber-Mohn (1891–1959) and Sophie Amalie Rosendahl (1892–1963). Rieber-Mohn grew up in Hamar, where his father was an editor of Hamar Stiftstidende. Rieber-Mohn was a student at Saulchoir, the Dominican school of theology in Paris from 1945-53. He was then assigned by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo to St. Dominican Church and Monastery at Neuberggata 15 in the neighborhood of Majorstuen in Oslo. [2]
Rieber-Mohn was an official spokesman for the Roman Catholic Church in Norway. From 1959-66, he was the editor of the magazine St. Olav. Besides being a columnist at Arbeiderbladet (now Dagsavisen), Rieber-Mohn was a regular contributor on NRK radio programs. Rieber-Mohn debuted as an author in 1959 with a study of French poet and dramatist Paul Claudel (1868–1955). In 1982, he completed an essay featuring Norwegian author Sigrid Undset (1882–1949).[2]
He won the Riksmål Society Literature Prize (Riksmålsforbundets litteraturpris) in 1967 and in 1982 he was awarded the Fritt Ord Award. [3] [4]
Selected works
- Paul Claudel, 1956
- Det blodige nei. Tyske skjebner fra Weimar til Bonn, 1967
- Forrædere? Streiflys over landssvikets problem, 1969
- Sideblikk, 1970
- Midt på treet, 1972
- Ossietzky, 1974
- Reisegleder. Streiftog i land og sinn, 1975
- Menneske først – kristen så, 1976
- Fra politikk til forbrytelse, 1977
- Alvorets glede, 1978
- Dagbokblad, 1982
- Sten på sten. Fem blikk på Sigrid Undset, 1982
References
- ↑ Anne Stensvold. "Hallvard Rieber-Mohn". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved June 1, 2018.
- 1 2 Lars Roar Langslet. "Hallvard Rieber-Mohn". Norsk biografisk leksikon. Retrieved June 1, 2018.
- ↑ "1967- Hallvard Rieber-Mohn". Riksmålsforbundet. Retrieved June 1, 2018.
- ↑ Henriksen, Petter, ed. (2007). "Fritt Ords pris". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Archived from the original on 15 November 2011. Retrieved 22 May 2010.
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Preceded by Andrey Sakharov |
Recipient of the Fritt Ord Award 1982 (shared with Lech Walesa) |
Succeeded by Kjetil Bang-Hansen |