Johan Nordahl Brun Grieg, known as Nordahl Grieg, (1 November 1902 – 2 December 1943) was a Norwegian poet, novelist, dramatist, and journalist.
Born in Bergen, Norway, he made his debut in 1922 with Omkring Kap det gode Haab (Around the Cape of Good Hope), which was followed by Skibet gaar videre (The Ship Sails On) in 1924.
Grieg spent 1927 as a newspaper correspondent in China, where he witnessed firsthand the civil war between the Kuomintang ...
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Johan Nordahl Brun Grieg, known as Nordahl Grieg, (1 November 1902 – 2 December 1943) was a Norwegian poet, novelist, dramatist, and journalist.
Born in Bergen, Norway, he made his debut in 1922 with Omkring Kap det gode Haab (Around the Cape of Good Hope), which was followed by Skibet gaar videre (The Ship Sails On) in 1924.
Grieg spent 1927 as a newspaper correspondent in China, where he witnessed firsthand the civil war between the Kuomintang and the Communists. The same year saw the production of Grieg's plays En ung manns Kjaerlighet (A Young Man's Love) and Barabbas.
In 1936, Grieg established the magazine Veien Frem, which would become notable as an anti-fascist forum.
Grieg, himself known as an anti-fascist and pro-communist writer who had studied the techniques of Soviet stage and film while in the Soviet Union, committed himself toward the struggle against the occupation following the German invasion of Norway. In his early resistance against the German occupation he parted...
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