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{{Short description | Norwegian writer}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Ernst Orvil
| image =
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| birth_date = {{birth date |1898|4|12|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Oslo|Kristiania]], Norway
| death_date = {{death date and age|1985|6|16|1898|4|12|df=y}}
| death_place =
| nationality = Norwegian
| occupation = Novelist, short story writer, poet and playwright
| years_active =
| known_for =
| height =
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| awards = {{plainlist |
*[[Gyldendal's Endowment]]
*[[Aschehoug Prize]]
*[[Riksmål Society Literature Prize]] }}
}}
'''Ernst Orvil''' (née Ernst Richard Nilsen; 12 April 1898 – 16 June 1985) was a Norwegian novelist, short story writer, poet and playwright.
<ref>{{cite web|url =https://www.allkunne.no/framside/biografiar/o/ernst-orvil/98/9360/|title=Ernst Orvil
|publisher = Allkunne|accessdate= April 1, 2018}}</ref>

==Biography==
Ernst Richard Orvil was born in Kristiania (now [[Oslo]]), Norway. His parents Johan Nilsen (Rev. Nilsson) (1859-1957) and Sara-Lisa Pettersson (1864-1940), were both from Värmland, Sweden. He graduated artium at the [[Oslo Cathedral School|Kristiania cathedral school]] in 1917. Later he was an engineering student at the [[Norwegian Institute of Technology]] in [[Trondheim]].<ref name=snl>{{cite encyclopedia |year=2007 |title=Ernst Richard Orvil |encyclopedia= Store norske leksik|url=https://snl.no/Ernst_Orvil |author=Erik Bjerck Hagen | accessdate=28 February 2009 }}</ref>

He made his literary debut with the novel ''Birger'' in 1932, followed by six annual releases in this same genre. His first poetry collection was ''Bølgeslag'' (1940). His more notable works include ''Menneskebråk'' (1936), ''Hvit uro'' (1937) and ''Synøve selv'' (1946).<ref name=nbl/>

Orvil was awarded [[Gyldendal's Endowment]] in 1946. He received the [[Aschehoug Prize]] in 1979. He was awarded the [[Riksmål Society Literature Prize]] in 1984.<ref name=riksm-prize>{{cite web
|url = http://www.riksmalsforbundet.no/Språk--og-litteraturpriser.aspx
|title = Språk- og litteraturpriser
|publisher = [[Riksmålsforbundet]]
|accessdate = 28 February 2009
|url-status = dead
|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20090204195425/http://riksmalsforbundet.no/Spr%C3%A5k--og-litteraturpriser.aspx
|archivedate = 4 February 2009
}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist |refs=
<ref name=nbl>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Ernst Orvil |first=Jan Erik |last=Vold |author-link=Jan Erik Vold |encyclopedia=[[Norsk biografisk leksikon]] |editor-first=Knut |editor-last=Helle |editor-link=Knut Helle |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=https://nbl.snl.no/Ernst_Orvil |language=Norwegian |access-date=14 March 2024}}</ref>
}}

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[[Category:1898 births]]
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[[Category:Writers from Oslo]]
[[Category:People educated at Oslo Cathedral School]]
[[Category:Norwegian Institute of Technology alumni]]
[[Category:Norwegian male poets]]
[[Category:Norwegian male novelists]]
[[Category:Norwegian male dramatists and playwrights]]
[[Category:20th-century Norwegian dramatists and playwrights]]
[[Category:20th-century Norwegian male writers]]
[[Category:20th-century Norwegian novelists]]
[[Category:20th-century Norwegian poets]]

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