Dagfinn Grønoset

Dagfinn Grønoset (April 4, 1920 January 28, 2008) was a journalist and writer born in Trysil, Norway, and living in Elverum most of his life. He is known for his books about wilderness and people living off the beaten track. His literary debut was Vandring i villmark from 1952. Anna i Ødemarka from 1972 became one of the biggest commercial successes for Norwegian publishing houses, and is later translated into fourteen languages, issued in seventeen countries.[1]

He was awarded HM The King's Medal of Merit (gold) in 1989.

Selected bibliography

References

  1. (Norwegian) Biography: "Dagfinn Grønoset" (Retrieved on January 29, 2008)


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