Aasmund Brynildsen

Aasmund Brynildsen (16 October 1917 – 19 June 1974) was a Norwegian essayist, biographer, magazine editor and publishing house consultant.

He was born at Tjøme. He married writer Karin Bang in 1952.^[1]

Brynildsen co-edited the anthroposophical magazine Spektrum from 1950 to 1954.^[2] He issued several essays collections, including Svermeren og hans demon (1972), a collection of four essays on the writer Knut Hamsun.^[1]

He was awarded the Riksmål Society Literature Prize in 1973.^[3]

References

1. Rottem, Øystein (2000). "Aasmund Brynildsen". In Helle, Knut. Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian) 2. Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
2. Henriksen, Petter, ed. (2007). "Aasmund Brynildsen". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
3. "Språk- og litteraturpriser" (in Norwegian). Riksmålsforbundet. Retrieved 29 March 2009.