Simen Skjønsberg

Simen Skjønsberg (2 September 1920 – 26 December 1993) was a Norwegian journalist and writer.

He was born in Øyer. During the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany he was arrested by the Nazi authorities following the 1943 University of Oslo fire. After being initially imprisoned in Stavern he was shipped to German camps, where he was incarcerated in Sennheim and Buchenwald until the liberation. He finally graduated as cand.mag. in 1950. He was hired as a journalist in ''Dagbladet'' in 1954, and was its cultural editor from 1959 to 1978. He was succeeded by Hans Fredrik Dahl.

He published several novels, including ''Der bommene senkes'' (1971), ''Fuglebrettet'' (1973), ''Gitter i lyset'' (1975) and ''Ingen friplass på karusellen'' (1977). He also wrote poetry, his collections including ''Vi er blitt fremmede'' (1965), ''Dag for reisende'' (1967), ''Dikt. Norwegian-German'' (translated and edited by Hans Däumling, 1969), ''Flyttedag'' (1969), ''I realismesalen'' (1984) and ''Grensevakter'' (1987). He was awarded the Mads Wiel Nygaards Endowment in 1970 and the Gyldendal's Endowment in 1984. Provided by Wikipedia