André Bjerke
Norwegian writer
Died when: 66 years 346 days (803 months)Star Sign: Aquarius
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Jarl André Bjerke (30 January 1918 – 10 January 1985) was a Norwegian writer and poet.He wrote a wide range of material: poems (both for children and adults), mystery novels (four of them under the pseudonym Bernhard Borge), essays, and articles.
He translated works by Shakespeare, Molière, Goethe and Racine.Bjerke was known as a prominent proponent of the Riksmål language during the Norwegian language struggle, and of anthroposophy, especially in the 1950s and launched a magazine, Ordet, in the same period.
Several of Bjerke's poems have been set to music by Marcus Paus.
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