Odd Winger (8 January 1923 – 4 February 1998) was a Norwegian journalist, novelist, and children's writer.

Career

Born in

Strinda Municipality Strinda is a former municipality in the old Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1964. The municipality encompassed the eastern part of what is now Trondheim Municipality south and east of ...

on 8 January 1923, Winger made his literary debut in 1953 with the sea novel ''Mot Land's End''. In 1962 he wrote the

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, where four protagonists are revealed as selfish male chauvinists. Another psychological thriller is from 1965, set in a

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an environment. Further novels are (1966), (1967), (1968), and (1971). His short story collection from 1974 is a satirical description of the

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. He wrote the novels (1976), (1977), and from 1985. He also wrote books for children and young adults. He worked as a journalist for the newspaper ''

Dagbladet () is one of Norway's largest newspapers and is published in the Tabloid (newspaper format), tabloid format. It has 1,400,000 daily readers on mobile, web and paper. Traditionally it was considered the main liberal newspaper of Norway, with a ...

'' from 1958. He was awarded the

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in 1966. Winger died on 4 February 1998, aged 75.

References

1923 births 1998 deaths People from Sør-Trøndelag 20th-century Norwegian novelists Norwegian children's writers 20th-century Norwegian journalists {{Norway-journalist-stub