Thomas Hylland Eriksen

Norwegian social anthropologist and professor (1962–2024).

Born February 6th, 1962 in Oslo.

Died November 27th, 2024 at 62 years old in Oslo (pancreatic cancer). [ref]

Occupations
non-fiction writer, social anthropologist, university teacher, writer

Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde