Else Michelet

Else Michelet

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Else Michelet
Born 16 February 1942

Trondheim, Norway

Died 3 May 2021 (aged 79)
Alma mater University of Oslo
Occupation(s) Journalist
Satirical writer
Songwriter
Employer Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation
Spouse Ingjald Ørbeck Sørheim
Awards Fritt Ord Honorary Award

Else Michelet (16 February 1942 – 3 May 2021) was a Norwegian journalist, satirical writer and songwriter.

Early and personal life

Michelet was born in Trondheim as a daughter of teacher Frans Oscar Michelet (1906–1984) and housewife Synnøve née Kulseng (1905–1981). The family moved to Bærum in 1947, and Michelet graduated from the University of Oslo with a cand.mag. degree in English, French and literature. From 1977 to 1979 she was married to Ingjald Ørbeck Sørheim.[1]

Career

Michelet worked for the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation from 1967; in the radio from 1973. She contributed to the entertainment programs Nitimen and Reiseradioen, and worked with the weekly satirical radio show Hallo i uken from 1990. She was its producer from 1993 to 2009.[2][1]

She wrote several books: Sin egen herre: eventyr og annet ugress (1979), En annen historie (1981) and the novel Ariadnes tråd: et reiseliv (1988).[2] Michelet was awarded the Fritt Ord Honorary Award in 2009, for her journalistic works in general, and particularly for developing the radio show Hallo i uken.[3]

 

2010

Worked with radio, in the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) since 1967, producing light entertainment and satirical programs.

Published 4 books (fiction/humour/satire), one of which was dramatized for TV.

Freelance “one-woman” cabaret shows since 1976, still performing on special occasions.