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May 19, 1901 Died on 22 Mar 1965 (aged 63)
Norwegian writer
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About Herbrand Lavik
- Herbrand Lavik (19 May 1901 – 22 March 1965) was a Norwegian journalist, short story writer, novelist, poet, translator and theatre critic. He was born in Bergen as a son of newspaper editor Johannes Lavik (1856–1929) and Olivia Heitmann (1862–1944).
- He was a nephew of Andres, Andreas and Dore and Johannes Lavik and a first cousin of Nils Lavik.
- In 1930 he married French citizen Laure Jeanne Amélie Birnbaum (1910–1995).From 1929 he was editor-in-chief of the Florø newspaper Nordre Bergenhus Amtstidende.
- He made his literary debut in 1937 with the short story collection Frenzie's indianere.
- In 1945 he published the novel Tunet i det blå and the poetry collection Tolv dikt fra krigens tid.
- Among his translations are books by James Fenimore Cooper, Daniel Defoe, Charles Dickens and Frederick Marryat.
- He translated Samuel Pepys' diaries and poetry by François Villon into Norwegian language.
- From 1945 he was a theatre critic for the newspaper Bergens Tidende.
