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 Johannes Lavik (1 February 1856, Vaksdal – 14 February 1929) was a Norwegian journalist and newspaper editor. He was a subeditor of the newspaper'' Bergens Tidende'' from 1894. He was a founder and editor of the Nynorsk newspaper ''Gula Tiden ...

(1856–1929) and Olivia Heitmann (1862–1944). He was a nephew of Andres, Andreas and Dore and

and a first cousin of

Nils Lavik Nils Andresson Lavik (8 January 1884 – 14 July 1966) was a Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party. He was born in the former municipality of Hosanger in Hordaland County, Norway. Originally a member of the Liberal Party, he ...

. In 1930 he married French citizen Laure Jeanne Amélie Birnbaum (1910–1995). From 1929 he was editor-in-chief of the

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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 James Fenimore Cooper (September 15, 1789 – September 14, 1851) was an American writer of the first half of the 19th century, whose historical romances depicting colonist and Indigenous characters from the 17th to the 19th centuries brought h ...

Daniel Defoe Daniel Defoe (; born Daniel Foe; – 24 April 1731) was an English writer, trader, journalist, pamphleteer and spy. He is most famous for his novel ''Robinson Crusoe'', published in 1719, which is claimed to be second only to the Bible in its ...

, Charles Dickens and Frederick Marryat. He translated

Samuel Pepys Samuel Pepys (; 23 February 1633 – 26 May 1703) was an English diarist and naval administrator. He served as administrator of the Royal Navy and Member of Parliament and is most famous for the diary he kept for a decade. Pepys had no mariti ...

' diaries and poetry by François Villon into Norwegian language. From 1945 he was a theatre critic for the newspaper '' Bergens Tidende''.

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