Erik Røring Møinichen Lie (1869 – 1943) was a Norwegian

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 writer.

He was born in Kristiania

Oslo

Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...

 as the youngest son of the cousins, writer Jonas Lie

Jonas Lie

Jonas Lauritz Idemil Lie was a Norwegian novelist, poet, and playwright who is considered to have been one of the Four Greats of 19th century Norwegian literature, together with Henrik Ibsen, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson and Alexander Kielland.-Background:Jonas Lie was born at Hokksund in Øvre Eiker, in...

 (1833–1908) and Thomasine Henriette Lie (1833–1907). He was a brother of Michael Strøm Lie

Michael Strøm Lie

Michael Strøm Lie was a Norwegian diplomat.He was born in Kongsvinger as a son of the cousins, writer Jonas Lie and Thomasine Henriette Lie . He was a brother of Erik Lie and writer Mons Lie, and through the former an uncle of Nazi Jonas Lie...

 and writer Mons Lie

Mons Lie (writer)

Mons Lie was a Norwegian writer.He was born in Kongsvinger as a son of the cousins, writer Jonas Lie and Thomasine Henriette Lie . He was a brother of Michael Strøm Lie and writer Erik Lie, and through the latter an uncle of Nazi Jonas Lie...

. On the maternal side he was a nephew of Erika

Erika Nissen

Erika Nissen, née Lie was a Norwegian pianist.She was born in Kongsvinger as the daughter of jurist Michael Strøm Lie and his wife Ingeborg Birgitte Røring Møinichen. She was the sister of Thomasine Lie, who married Jonas Lie...

 (Nissen) and Ida Lie, and a first cousin of Erika Lie, Karl Nissen, painter Jonas Lie

Jonas Lie (painter)

Jonas Lie was a Norwegian-born American painter. He is best known for colorful paintings of coastlines of New England and city scenes New York City. -Background:...

 and Eyolf Soot

Eyolf Soot

Eyolf Soot was a Norwegian painter. He was born in Aremark, and was married to actress Inga Bjørnson from 1892 to 1900. Among his teachers were Knud Bergslien, Karl Gussow and Léon Bonnat...

 and a first cousin once removed of Botten Soot. On the paternal side he was a first cousin of Bernt Lie

Bernt Lie

Bernt Bessesen Lie was a Norwegian novelist.He was born in Mandal as a son of stipendiary magistrate Emil Bernhard Lie and Nicoline Bessesen. Through his sister Ida, he was the brother-in-law of Gjert Lindebrække and an uncle of Sjur Lindebrække and Tikken Manus. Through his brother Vilhelm Lie...

 and Vilhelm Lie

Vilhelm Lie

Vilhelm Gabriel Heiberg Lie was a Norwegian civil servant.He was a son of Emil Bernhard Lie , a brother of Bernt Lie and a nephew of writer Jonas Lie...

, and a first cousin once removed of Emil Lie and Nils Lie. Together with Kathrine Elisabeth Dons (1876–1947) he was the father of writer, police officer and Nazi politician Jonas Lie

Jonas Lie (government minister)

Jonas Lie was a Norwegian councillor of state in the Nasjonal Samling government of Vidkun Quisling in 1940, then acting councillor of state 1940–1941, and Minister of Police between 1941 and 1945 in the new Quisling government...

. Through his wife Erik Lie was also an uncle of Helge Thiis

Helge Thiis

Helge Thiis was a Norwegian architect. He is most noted for being the cathedral architect at Nidaros Cathedral. -Background:...

 and Ragna Thiis Stang.

Erik Lie wrote both fiction: Tolv procent (1902), Direktør Lyngs hjem (1903) and Den nye lykke (1911); and non-fiction. He wrote literary historic books such as Honoré de Balzac (1893) and Den europæiske litteratur i kulturhistoriske billeder (1896), and the more biographical Jonas Lie; oplevelser (1908), Arne Garborg (1914) and Erindringer fra et dikterhjem (1928). He has been credited with taking the iniative to found the Norwegian Authors' Union

Norwegian Authors' Union

The Norwegian Authors' Union is an association of Norwegian authors. It was established in 1893 to promote Norwegian literature and protect Norwegian authors' professional and economic interests. DnF also works in solidarity with persecuted writers internationally.As of 2004 the association had...

 in 1893. From 1901 to 1905 he was a librarian at the Bibliothèque Nordique in Paris

Paris

Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...

, a part of the Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève

Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève

The Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève inherited the writings and collections of one of the largest and oldest abbeys in Paris. Founded in the sixth century by Clovis I and subject to the rule of St. Benedict Abbey, initially devoted to the apostles Peter and Paul, in 512 received the body of the St...

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