Egner, Thorbjørn
Egner, Thorbjørn (1912–90),Norwegian writer and illustrator of humorous fairy tales for children. His first and most famous book is a didactic story about evil trolls who live in a boy's teeth, Karius og Baktus (Carius and Bactus, 1949). A collection of funny animal fairy tales Klatremus og de andre dyrene i Hakkebakkeskogen (Climbing‐Mouse and Other Animals in the Hunchback Wood, 1954) is inspired by Rudyard Kipling. In Folk og rvere i Kardemomme by (The Singing Town, 1959) a British nonsense fairy‐tale tradition can be traced. Egner has also translated the children's classics Winnie the Pooh and Doctor Dolittle into Norwegian.
Maria Nikolajeva
Bibliography
Harald L. Tveterås (ed.), En bok om Thorbjørn Egner (1972).
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