Alf Prøysen was a Norwegian author, poet, playwright, songwriter and musician. Prøysen was one of the most important Norwegian cultural personalities in the second half of the 20th century. He worked in several different media including books, newspapers and records. He also made significant contributions to music as well as to television and radio. He also wrote in the Arbeiderbladet from 1954 until his death.
Randy Cohen is an American writer and humorist known as the author of The Ethicist column in The New York Times Magazine between 1999 and 2011. The column was syndicated throughout the U.S. and Canada. Cohen is also known as the author of several books, a playwright, and the host of the public radio show Person Place Thing.
Gunnar Edvard Rode Heiberg was a Norwegian poet, playwright, journalist and theatre critic.
Sigvard Viggo "Sigge" Eklund is a Swedish novelist, TV producer and screenwriter. His books have been sold in 16 countries, and his podcast "Alex & Sigge's podcast" is the biggest in Sweden with over 500.000 listeners a week. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife, two sons, and daughter.
Karl Ove Knausgård is a Norwegian author. He became known worldwide for six autobiographical novels, titled My Struggle.
Damien Gregori is an Irish musician.
Helge Rykkja was a Norwegian author, poet, teacher and politician.
Morten Vågen is a Norwegian author. He wrote, together with Oystein Alme, the book Silenced - China’s Great Wall of Censorship, published by Amaryllis Media in late May 2006. The book, according to Reporters Without Borders, "takes the reader on a fascinating and disturbing trip behind China’s Great Wall of Censorship. It also tells the story of Voice of Tibet, the radio station China couldn’t silence."
Elisha Gerald Hopkins was an American journalist and author best known for writing the first biographies of Elvis Presley and Jim Morrison of the Doors, as well as serving for 20 years as a correspondent and contributing editor of Rolling Stone magazine. He also penned several other biographies, wrote history and humor, and was a writer-producer for Mike Wallace, Steve Allen and Mort Sahl.
Arbeidernes Leksikon is a Norwegian encyclopedia published in six volumes in the 1930s.
Carl Magnus Alexander Schulman is a Swedish author, journalist, blogger and television and radio personality.
Tore Renberg is a Norwegian writer. He is the author of many books within many genres, including novels, short-stories and children's books, as well as writing for film and stage. His work has been translated into many languages. He has two children named Petra and Allan.
Finn Bjelke is a popular Norwegian humourist, writer, music journalist and radio host.
Payyanat Ravindra Nathan better known by his pen name P. R. Nathan, is a novelist, screenplay writer, dramatist, short story writer, travelogue writer and speaker from Palakkad, Kerala, India. He was awarded with the prestigious Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for overall contribution in 2014. He has written over 55 books in various genres. He is the recipient of 41 major awards across various categories in literature. He is an expert in Naturopathy and Reiki. He has done over 7000 speeches around the world on Vedas, Upanishads and Tantra. His book Vaayikenda oru Pusthakam was selected for the Sri Padmanabha Swamy Bala Sahithya Award instituted by the Gramam Samskarika Vedi. He was born in Kizhayoor, a small village in Pattambi, Palakkad. He was born as the elder son of Prabhakara Menon, a drawing teacher and Sarojiniamma, a music teacher. He took graduation in telecommunication Engineering and was employed in Provident Fund organisation of India. He resigned from the office to concentrate on his literature works and travelling. He was a member of academy of music dance and drama and has been a member of many award juries.
Arbeidermagasinet was a Norwegian weekly literary magazine established in 1927. It changed its name to Magasinet For Alle in 1953, and ceased publication in 1970. The magazine is especially noted for its literary quality and its promotion of the short story.
Otto Luihn was a Norwegian newspaper editor, magazine editor and poet.
Christian Gottlieb Hilt was a Norwegian newspaper editor and politician for the Labour and Communist parties.
Arne Hjeltnes is a Norwegian writer, television personality, marketer and politician.
Ole Vig was a Norwegian teacher, poet, non-fiction writer, magazine editor. He is remembered today primarily as an early proponent of universal public education.
Eyvind Stauri Solås was a Norwegian musician, composer, actor and program host in NRK, both the Norwegian television and radio.
