Simen Skjønsberg, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Simen Skjønsberg

Norwegian writer

Date of Birth: 02-Sep-1920

Place of Birth: Øyer, Oppland, Norway

Date of Death: 26-Dec-1993

Profession: poet, journalist

Nationality: Norway

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

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), 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.