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'''Carl Johan Fredrik Engelstad''' (11 November 1915 &ndash; 1 October 1996) was a Norwegian writer, playwright, journalist, translator and theatre director.<br />
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==Personal life==<br />
Engelstad was born in [[Hadsel Municipality]]<ref name=snl1>{{cite encyclopedia|year=2007 |title=Carl Fredrik Engelstad |first=Hans H. |last=Skei |authorlink=Hans H. Skei |editor=Henriksen, Petter |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=https://www.snl.no/Carl_Fredrik_Engelstad |language=Norwegian |accessdate=1 March 2009 }}<!--{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}--></ref> as the son of jurist Sigurd Engelstad (1878–1916) and younger brother of archivist [[Sigurd Engelstad]].<ref name=snl2>{{cite encyclopedia|year=2007|title=Engelstad – slekt etter Hans Henrich Glæser|first=C. S.|last=Schilbred|author2=Terje Bratberg|editor=Henriksen, Petter|encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]]|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo|url=http://www.snl.no/Engelstad/slekt_etter_Hans_Henrich_Gl%C3%A6ser|language=Norwegian|accessdate=1 March 2009}}</ref><br />
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He married [[Vibeke Engelstad]], a physician. Their son [[Fredrik Engelstad|Fredrik]] became a professor of sociology, and married professor Irene Johnson.<ref name=snl2/><br />
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==Career==<br />
Carl Fredrik Engelstad was hired as a theatre critic in ''[[Morgenbladet]]'' in 1945. He stayed here until 1960, the last two years as cultural editor. He was theatre director for [[Nationaltheatret]] from 1960 to 1961, and from 1965 he worked in ''[[Aftenposten]]''. He was known for writing from a Christian viewpoint.<ref name=snl1/><br />
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From 1946 to 1949 he also edited the periodical ''[[Spektrum (magazine)|Spektrum]]''. He debuted as a writer in 1949, with two plays. His novels included ''Gjester i mørket'' (1958), ''Størst blant dem'' (1977) and ''De levendes land'' (1986).<ref name=snl1/> For the two latter novels, Engelstad was awarded the [[Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/kultur/1697341.html |title=Tidligere vinnere av Kritikerprisen |publisher=Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation |date=2002 |language=Norwegian |accessdate=2008-10-21 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060906144537/http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/kultur/1697341.html |archivedate=2006-09-06 }}</ref> He also wrote books about [[Francis of Assisi]], [[Ronald Fangen]], [[Ludvig Holberg]] and [[Johan Herman Wessel]], among others.<ref name=snl1/><br />
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===Awards===<br />
*[[Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature]] 1977, 1986<br />
*[[Riksmål Society Literature Prize]] 1986<br />
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