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Gunvor Hofmo was born on 30 June, 1921 in Oslo, Norway, is a Norwegian writer. Discover Gunvor Hofmo's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 74 years old?

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Age 74 years old
Zodiac Sign Cancer
Born 30 June 1921
Birthday 30 June
Birthplace Oslo, Norway
Date of death 14 October, 1995
Died Place Oslo, Norway
Nationality Norway

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1893

Her parents were Erling Hofmo (1893–1959) and Bertha Birkedal (1891–1969).

She was raised in a working-class family

among socialists, communists and anti-Nazis.

1898

Her father's brother Rolf Hofmo (1898–1966) was a sports official who was arrested during World War II and imprisoned at the Sachsenhausen concentration camp.

Hofmo started her literary career submitting poems for publication to a wide variety of presses, including the communist newspaper Friheten and weekly magazines such as Hjemmet.

1902

Among her most noted contributions are a lengthy debate on the minimal daily cost of living a life barely out of penury in Paris and a treatise in defense of her poet colleague Olav Kaste (1902-1991).

1920

One of her first published poems was dedicated to her lover and Jewish refugee Ruth Maier (1920-1942).

It was published in Magasinet for Alle, opening with the lines:

The words, shiningly silent

I shall find

give them to you, hammer some moments together

under the frame of eternity

so you will never forget me

1921

Gunvor Hofmo (30 June 1921 – 17 October 1995) was a Norwegian writer, often considered one of Norway's most influential modernist poets.

Gunvor Hofmo was born in Oslo, Norway.

1939

Ruth Maier was an Austrian native who had found refuge in Norway in 1939.

1942

During the Occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany, Maier was arrested by German officials in Norway during 1942.

She was deported and murdered during the Holocaust at Auschwitz.

This event became by all accounts the central tragedy in Hofmo's life.

1943

She was hospitalized in 1943 for depression, starting a lifelong struggle with mental illness.

1945

Following the liberation of Norway in 1945, Hofmo traveled extensively.

1946

She published five poetry collections between 1946 and 1955.

1947

She was in Paris in the autumn of 1947 and in Brittany in the spring of 1950.

She also made several trips to Copenhagen and also traveled to Stockholm, Amsterdam and London.

She also wrote essays for publication, primarily in the daily newspaper Dagbladet.

The topics included travel, Nordic poetry, and philosophical topics.

In 1947, Hofmo moved in with another writer, Astrid Tollefsen (1897-1973) became one of the first Norwegians living in an openly lesbian relationship.

They continued to live and travel together until Hofmo was incapacitated and committed for her mental illness.

1952

Dagbladet published seven of her poems between 1952 and 1956.

1953

In 1953, she stopped publishing essays and instead concentrated on her poetry.

1955

She was institutionalized at Gaustad Hospital, suffering from mental illness, characterized as schizophrenia, paranoid type, from 1955 to 1971, leading to what was known as her "16 years of silence."

1971

Following her discharge, she went into a period of considerable productivity, publishing fifteen poetry collections between 1971 and 1994.

1977

From 1977 to her death she never left her apartment at Simensbråten in Oslo.

Gunvor Hofmo and Ruth Maier both characterized their relationship as unusually close and intimate.

In her diary, Ruth Maier describes Gunvor Hofmo as her lover.