{{Infobox person | name = Magli Elster | image = Magli Elster.jpg <!-- just the filename, without the File: or Image: prefix or enclosing brackets --> | alt = | caption = Magli Elster in 1966 | birth_name = Magli Raknes | birth_date = {{Birth date | 1912|11|21|df=yes}} <!--or {{Birth-date and age|Month DD, YYYY}} --> | birth_place = Kristiania, Norway | death_date = {{Death date and age |1993|5|11|1912|11|21|df=y}} | death_place = Oslo | other_names = | occupation = psychoanalyst, literary critic, poet and translator | known_for = | parents = Ola Raknes<br>Aslaug Vaa | spouse = {{marriage | Torolf Elster |1938|<!-- Omission per Template:Marriage instructions -->}}

| children = Jon Elster | awards = {{unbulleted list | Fritt Ord Award ( 1986) }} }}

'''Magli Elster''' (née Raknes; 21 November 1912 &ndash; 11 May 1993) was a Norwegian psychoanalyst, literary critic, poet and translator. She received the Fritt Ord Award, jointly with her husband Torolf Elster.

==Personal life == Elster was born in the neighborhood of Vålerenga in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway. She was the daughter of psychologist Ola Raknes (1887–1975) and poet-playwright Aslaug Vaa (1889–1965). She grew up partly in Vålerenga, Kviteseid and Paris. She was married to writer and Director-General of the NRK Torolf Elster (1911–2006) and was the mother of philosopher Jon Elster.<ref name =nbl/>

==Career == Elster received psychoanalytic training in Prague from 1934 to 1937, and practiced as psychoanalyst from 1937 to 1943. From 1947 to 1985 she was assigned as literary critic for the newspaper ''Arbeiderbladet''.<ref name=nbl/>

She made her literary debut in 1952 with the poetry collection ''Trikken går i engen'',<ref name=snl/> a cycle of poems, following life in Oslo, the capital of Norway, over a year.<ref name=nbl/> Her literary breakthrough was the collection ''Med hilsen fra natten'' from 1953,<ref name=snl/> which included love poetry with erotic motives.<ref name=nbl/> Further collections are ''Den syngende flåten'' from 1955, ''En pike av tre'' (1959) and ''Sekundene'' (1971).<ref name=snl/>

Being a literary critic, Elster chaired the association Norsk Litteraturkritikerlag from 1959 to 1969. She was a co-founder of the ''Association Internationale de Critiques Litteraires''.<ref name=nbl>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Magli Elster |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo|editor=Helle, Knut| first=Øystein |last=Rottem | authorlink=Øystein Rottem| url=http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Magli_Elster/utdypning|language=Norwegian|accessdate=24 March 2010}}</ref><ref name=snl>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Magli Elster |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-first=Petter |editor-last=Henriksen |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=http://www.snl.no/Magli_Elster |language=Norwegian | accessdate=24 March 2010 }}</ref> She also translated literary works into Norwegian language.<ref name=nbl/>

In 1986 she and her husband Torolf were awarded the Fritt Ord Award,<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|year=2007 |title=Fritt Ords pris |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor=Henriksen, Petter |editor-link=Petter Henriksen|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=http://www.snl.no/Fritt_Ords_pris |language=Norwegian |accessdate=22 May 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111115234410/http://snl.no/Fritt_Ords_pris |archivedate=15 November 2011 }}</ref> for having described their encounters with refugees from various parts of the world.<ref name=nbl/>

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Elster, Magli}} Category:1912 births Category:1993 deaths Category:Writers from Oslo Category:20th-century Norwegian poets Category:Norwegian literary critics Category:Norwegian women literary critics Category:Norwegian women non-fiction writers Category:Norwegian psychoanalysts Category:20th-century Norwegian translators Category:20th-century Norwegian women poets