Egil Rasmussen

Egil Rasmussen (28 April 1903 – 18 June 1964) was a Norwegian author, literature critic and pianist.
Rasmussen was born in the village of Bossekop in Alta, Norway. He grew up in Tromsø after Rasmussen's family moved to the city when he was 3 years old. 
Rasmussen attended college and worked part time as a lector. He received his Ph.D. in 1949. From 1948 to 1964 he was literary critic for the newspaper "Aftenposten". His first literary effort was at 20 years of age when he produced the novel "Østen og vesten" in 1923. His last novel, "Den siste skrivekaren. En norsk bygdelegende", was a dystopian vision of the future, which came out posthumously in 1966.
He received the Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature ("Kritikerprisen") in 1953 for his novel "Sonjas hjerte".