Sigurd Senje (15 September 1919 – 24 September 1993) was a Norwegian non-fiction writer, novelist and children's writer from

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. His writings focused on nature descriptions, local history and

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. Senje lectured in secondary school for many years, until he became a full-time writer in 1972. Among his World War II books are ''Dum Dum Kuler'' (''Dum Dum Bullets'') from 1973 and ''Forræder Skutt'' (''Traitor Shot'') from 1981. ''Ekko Fra Skriktjenn'' (''Echoes From Skriktjenn'') from 1983 treated the

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, and was the basis for the 1984 film ''

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'' (''Across the Border''). Among his books on local history are ''Østmarka'' from 1974, a book on

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from 1977, and ''Vi i Østensjøbyen'' from 1985. His musical ''Spillet om Sarabråten'' from 1976 has been performed annually at Sarabråten at

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, Oslo. He was awarded the

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's prize for ''Sleiven finner kursen'' from 1959.

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1919 births 1993 deaths Writers from Oslo Norwegian non-fiction writers Norwegian children's writers 20th-century Norwegian novelists {{norway-writer-stub

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