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Jens Bjørneboe

Born

in Kristiansand, Norway

October 09, 1920

Died

May 09, 1976

Genre

Fiction

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Jens Ingvald Bjørneboe was a Norwegian writer whose work spanned a number of literary formats. He was also a painter and a waldorf school teacher. Bjørneboe was a harsh and eloquent critic of Norwegian society and Western civilization on the whole. He led a turbulent life and his uncompromising humanity would cost him both an obscenity conviction as well as long periods of heavy drinking and bouts of depression, which in the end led to his suicide.

Jens Bjørneboe's first published work was Poems (Dikt) in 1951. He is widely considered to be one of Norway's most important post-war authors. Bjørneboe identified himself, among other self-definitions, as an anarcho-nihilist.

During the Norwegian language struggle, Bjørneboe was a notable proponen ...more

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	The Sharks by Jens Bjørneboe, Esther Greenleaf Mürer (Translator) 4.01 avg rating — 1,451 ratings — published 1974 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jonas 4.06 avg rating — 1,312 ratings — published 1955 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Moment of Freedom: The Heiligenberg Manuscript by Jens Bjørneboe, Esther Greenleaf Mürer (Translator) 4.10 avg rating — 964 ratings — published 1966 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bestialitetens historie: Frihetens øyeblikk / Kruttårnet / Stillheten (Bestialitetens historie, #1–3) 4.50 avg rating — 519 ratings — published 1966 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kruttårnet 4.25 avg rating — 442 ratings — published 1969 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Uten en tråd 3.18 avg rating — 517 ratings — published 1966 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Silence by Jens Bjørneboe, Esther Greenleaf Mürer (Translator) 4.39 avg rating — 326 ratings — published 1973	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Før hanen galer 3.88 avg rating — 188 ratings — published 1952 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Drømmen og hjulet 3.69 avg rating — 189 ratings — published 1964 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Under en hårdere himmel 4.05 avg rating — 149 ratings — published 1957 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The History of Bestiality Trilogy (3 books)
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Uten en tråd (2 books)
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Quotes by Jens Bjørneboe (?)

“They were handsome, proper and normal family fathers who built the concentration camps and whipped the prisoners to death. And who was Nietzsche? A narcotized syphilitic.”
― Jens Bjørneboe

tags: evil, injustice, nietzsche

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“It doesn't matter what you love,
it matters only that you love.”
― Jens Bjørneboe

tags: love

17 likes

“All sailors are afraid of the sea. They know what it is.”
― Jens Bjørneboe, The Sharks

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