Tormod Skagestad

{{Short description | Norwegian writer, actor and theatre director}}

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|birth_date = {{Birth date|1920|8|9|df=y}}

|birth_place = Krødsherad, Norway

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|nationality = Norwegian

|occupation = poet
novelist
playwright
actor
theatre director

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Tormod Skagestad (9 August 1920 – 4 January 1997) was a Norwegian poet, novelist, playwright, actor and theatre director.{{cite encyclopedia|title=Tormod Skagestad|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|editor=Henriksen, Petter |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo|url=http://www.snl.no/Tormod_Skagestad|language=no}}

Biography

Tormod Skagestad was born in Krødsherad, Buskerud county, Norway. Skagestad grew up in a rich cultural environment. His father was a teacher and sexton of the village, his mother was the organist. After his final exams (1942) and he earned a master's degree in drama at the University of Wisconsin (1946–48).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Tormod Skagestad|encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=Svein Erik|last=Brodal|authorlink=Svein Erik Brodal|editor=Helle, Knut|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo|url=http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Tormod_Skagestad/utdypning|language=no}}

After a period at Radioteatret (1949–1953), Skagestad worked as an instructor at Det Norske Teatret (1953–1961), served as theatre director from 1961 to 1975, and again from 1976 to 1979. He was chairman of the Norwegian Association of Theatre Manager (Norsk Teaterlederforening) for several periods and president of the Association of Norwegian Theatres (De Norske Teatres forening).{{cite web|title=Teatersjefar på Det Norske Teatret|publisher=Det Norske Teatret|url=http://www.detnorsketeatret.no/OMTEATRET/Teatersjefar/tabid/103/Default.aspx|language=no|accessdate=7 May 2010|archivedate=14 June 2010|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100614111051/http://www.detnorsketeatret.no/OMTEATRET/Teatersjefar/tabid/103/Default.aspx|url-status=dead}}

He was married to painter and artist Karin Skagestad. He was the father of actors Tove Skagestad and Bjørn Skagestad.

Awards

Critics Theatre Prize (Teaterkritikerprisen) for the dramatization of Olav Duun's novel Ettermæle in 1976
Honorary member of the Norwegian Theatre Leader Association (Norsk Teaterlederforening)
Knight, First Order of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav in 1975.