Olav Hoprekstad
Norwegian writer (1875–1965)
Olav Ragnvaldsson Hoprekstad (4 April 1875 – 16 August 1965) was a Norwegian educator, playwright, theatre critic and literary critic.
Personal life
Hoprekstad was born in Vik, Nordre Bergenhus as the son of farmer Ragnvald Olsen Hopperstad and Ragnhild Eriksdotter Hønsi. He was married to Signe Valebjørg from 1902. He died in Bergen in August 1965.
Career
Hoprekstad graduated from the teachers' college in Hamar in 1895. He worked as a teacher in Bergen from 1899. From 1927 he was headmaster at the primary school at Møhlenpris in Bergen, and later at the Fridalen primary school. He was a theatre critic and literary critic for the newspaper Bergens Tidende from 1913 to 1940, and for Gula Tidend from 1949 to 1965.
His play Bjørnefjell, written in 1907, was among the opening repertoire at Det Norske Teatret in 1913. His play Friarar was staged later in 1913, Eli Sjo in 1916, Bjørgedal in 1919, Straumen in 1922, Trollebotn in 1925, Veslelorden in 1931, and Berstein på Strondi in 1940.
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