Ragnar Kvam (18 November 1917 – 15 February 2006) was a Norwegian journalist, novelist, translator and literary critic. He was born in Tønsberg and grew up in Drammen. After the Second World War he was journalist in the newspaper ''

Fremtiden ''Fremtiden'' was a Norwegian newspaper, published in Drammen, Norway, between 1905 and 2000. It was an official publication of Norwegian Labour Party in Buskerud. History and profile ''Fremtiden'' was started in 1905. Its first editor was Torge ...

'', and the

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. He made his literary debut in 1950 with the novel ''Alle vil hjem''. Among his other novels are ''De herjede menn'' from 1953, ''Den store stillheten'' from 1964, and ''Krystallnatten'' from 1970. He translated many books into Norwegian language, including works by

George Orwell Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950), better known by his pen name George Orwell, was an English novelist, essayist, journalist, and critic. His work is characterised by lucid prose, social criticism, opposition to totalitar ...

, Virginia Woolf, Graham Greene,

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, C. P. Snow and Erich Maria Remarque. He is the father of Ragnar Kvam, Jr.

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