Gunnar Larsen

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name = Gunnar Larsen


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birth_name = Gunnar Otterbech Larsen
birth_date = 1900
birth_place = Oslo
death_date = 1958
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known_for = Journalist and Novelist
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employer = Dagbladet
occupation = Editor in Chief
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Gunnar Otterbech Larsen (born in Oslo, 1900, died in 1958) was a Norwegian journalist, writer, and translator.

He worked in the newspaper "Dagbladet" from 1923 to 1958, where he was news editor from 1930 and became editor-in-chief with Helge Seip in 1954no icon cite encyclopedia | title = Larsen, Gunnar Otterbech | encyclopedia = Store Norske Leksikon | volume = 9 | pages = 363 | publisher = Kunnskapsforlaget | date = 2006] .

His first novel, "I sommer", was published in 1932. It was followed by "To mistenkelige personer" (1933), a crime novel based on actual events that took place in 1926. "To mistenkelige personer" was praised by many critics, including Sigurd Hoelno icon Haagen Ringnes: "Den boken skulle jeg gjerne ha skrevet!". Article in 1983 edition of "To mistenkelige personer" by Gunnar Larsen (Gyldendal Norsk Forlag).] . Both "I sommer" and "To mistenkelige personer" were inspired by Ernest Hemingway's writings.

Larsen's third novel, "Week-end i evigheten" (1934), was much more experimental. His later novels were "Bull" (1938) and "Sneen som falt i fjor" (1948). His poetry has been published in the books "Dikt" (1959) and "En avismanns samlede poesi" (2000).

A film version of "To mistenkelige personer" was directed by Tancred Ibsen in 1950, but showing the film in public was forbidden in the Supreme Court of Norway in 1952, in order to protect one of the persons whose story it was based on. In 2007, the film was allowed to be shown in public again [no icon cite web | title =Forbudt film frigjøres for offentligheten: To mistenkelige personer | work =Norsk Filminstitutt | date =29 January, 2007 | url =http://www.nfi.no/arkivbibliotek/_nyheter/vis.html?id=2456 | accessdate = 2007-09-19] .

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