Leif B. Lillegaard

Leif B. Lillegaard
Born	Leif Bryde Lillegaard (1918-05-01)1 May 1918 Sandnessjøen, Norway
Died	24 April 1994(1994-04-24) (aged 75) Trondheim
Occupation(s)	Journalist Newspaper editor Radio reporter Novelist
Awards	Norwegian Booksellers' Prize

Leif B. Lillegaard (1 May 1918, Sandnessjøen – 24 April 1994) was a Norwegian journalist and newspaper editor, radio reporter and novelist.

Career

He was editor for the newspaper Harstad Tidende, a journalist for the newspaper Morgenbladet, and a freelance radio reporter for the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation.

He made his literary debut in 1963, with a book on the 1943 Filipstad explosion.

He wrote more than one hundred books, both fiction and non-fiction, and was awarded the Norwegian Booksellers' Prize in 1981 for the story Mor.^[1]^[2]

References

^ "Leif Bryde Lillegaard". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 31 December 2009.
^ Bonde, Arne. "Leif B Lillegaard". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 31 December 2009.