Erik Lie (writer)

Erik Røring Møinichen Lie (23 November 1869 – 1943) was a Norwegian writer.

[2] Together with Kathrine Elisabeth Dons (1876–1947) he was the father of writer, police officer and Nazi politician Jonas Lie.

[4] 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 initiative to found the Norwegian Authors' Union in 1893.