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Alf Prøysen

Alf Prøysen ble født i Rudshøgda. Han var en meget kjent norsk musiker og forfatter. Mange nordmenn anser ham for å være en av kulturens viktigste personligheter på 1900-tallet på grunn av hans mange høyt profilerte bidrag til TV, radio, musikk og litteratur. Han skrev en roman som også var ganske vellykket. Sannsynligvis hans mest kjente bidrag til den litterære sfæren i Norge var hans historier om Teskjekjerringa, en dame som noen ganger tilfeldigvis krympet ned til hun var så liten som en teskje.

Prøysen ble født i 1914 og levde livet som en forpakter. Gården der han vokste opp er nå et museum. Mye av hans arbeid illustrerer den enorme forskjellen mellom den øvre og nedre sosiale klassen. Prøysens liv syntes å være lagt ut for ham fra han var ganske liten. Det var bare naturlig at han ville få en jobb å arbeide på en gård, men han fikk et stipend for å gå på skole og han begynte å selge tekstene sine til andre elever på skolen. Når han var ferdig med skolen, ble han en kokk, men han hatet den jobben. Over tid ble han forfremmet til stillingen som stallgutt, men han fortsatte å skrive, tegne, og spille teater på fritiden sin.

Etter at hans første dikt ble utgitt reiste han til en annen by og begynte å jobbe på gårder der, og fortsatte kunsten og skuespill på fritiden. I 1948 begynte karrieren virkelig å ta av ettersom han hadde bygget seg et navn innen kunstsamfunnet. Han giftet seg det året og han og hans kone fikk to barn sammen. Han døde i en alder av 56 av kreft.

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Alf Prøysen

Alf Proysen was born in Rudshogda in Norway. He was a very well-known Norwegian musician and writer. Many Norwegians consider him to be one of their culture’s most important personalities during the 1900s because of his many high-profile contributions to television, radio, music, and literature. He even wrote one novel, which was quite successful. Probably his most well-known contributions to the literary sphere in Norway, however, were his stories featuring Mrs. Pepperpot, a lady who sometimes randomly shrank down until she was as small as a teaspoon.

Proysen was born in 1914 and lived the life of a tenant farmer. The farm where he grew up is now a museum. Much of his work illustrated the vast difference between the upper and lower classes. Proysen’s life seemed to be set out before him from the time he was a young lad. It was only natural that he would get a job working on a farm, but he got a scholarship to attend school and began selling his writings to other students at his school. When school ended, he became a cook, but he particularly loathed that job. Over time, he was promoted to the position of stable keeper, but he continued to write, draw, and act in his spare time.

Eventually, after his first poem was published, he traveled to another town and began to work on farms there, continuing with his art and acting in his spare time. In 1948 his career really began to take off as he built a name for himself in the arts community. He also married that year, and he and his wife ended up having two children. He died from cancer at age fifty-six.

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