Johan Petter Falkberget

Johan Petter Falkberget (born September 30, 1879, near Røros, Norway—died April 5, 1967, Tyvol, near Røros) was a regional novelist of life in the east-central mountains of Norway. The self-educated son of a miner, Falkberget himself worked in the copper mines from age 8 until he was 27, learning to write fiction at the same time. His novels about the mountain peasants, miners, and railway workers deal realistically with their hard lives, marginal culture, and...