Odd Selmer (born 7 February 1930) is a

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journalist, novelist, crime fiction writer and playwright. In 1977 he wrote a historical novel about the eccentric "Lady" Barbara Arbuthnott. His

audio play Radio drama (or audio drama, audio play, radio play, radio theatre, or audio theatre) is a dramatized, purely acoustic performance. With no visual component, radio drama depends on dialogue, music and sound effects to help the listener imagine t ...

s have been translated into fifteen languages. He was awarded the

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in 1988 for the audio play series ''På egne ben''.

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1930 births People from Trondheim Norwegian journalists 20th-century Norwegian novelists 21st-century Norwegian novelists Norwegian crime fiction writers Norwegian dramatists and playwrights Living people {{Norway-writer-stub