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

Career

Born in

Strinda 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 the municipality of Trondheim south and ea ...

on 8 January 1923, Winger made his literary debut in 1953 with the

sea novel Nautical fiction, frequently also naval fiction, sea fiction, naval adventure fiction or maritime fiction, is a genre of literature with a setting on or near the sea, that focuses on the human relationship to the sea and sea voyages and highligh ...

''Mot Land's End''. In 1962 he wrote the

psychological thriller Psychological thriller is a genre combining the thriller and psychological fiction genres. It is commonly used to describe literature or films that deal with psychological narratives in a thriller or thrilling setting. In terms of context and co ...

, where four protagonists are revealed as selfish male

chauvinists Chauvinism is the unreasonable belief in the superiority or dominance of one's own group or people, who are seen as strong and virtuous, while others are considered weak, unworthy, or inferior. It can be described as a form of extreme patriotism ...

. Another psychological thriller is from 1965, set in a suburban enviromnent. Further novels are (1966), (1967), (1968), and (1971). His short story collection from 1974 is a satirical description of the

consumer society Consumerism is a social and economic order that encourages the acquisition of goods and services in ever-increasing amounts. With the Industrial Revolution, but particularly in the 20th century, mass production led to overproduction—the su ...

. 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 ''Dagbladet'' (lit.: ''The Daily Magazine'') is one of Norway's largest newspapers and is published in the tabloid format. It has 1,400,000 daily readers on mobile, web and paper. Traditionally ''Dagbladet'' is considered the main liberal newspa ...

'' from 1958. He was awarded the

Gyldendal's Endowment Gyldendal's Endowment was a literature prize which was awarded in the period 1934–1995 by the Norwegian publisher Gyldendal Norsk Forlag. The prize was awarded to significant authors, regardless of which publisher the author was associated w ...

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