Sigmund Moren (27 November 1913 – 4 February 1996) was a Norwegian

philologist Philology () is the study of language in oral and written historical sources; it is the intersection of textual criticism, literary criticism, history, and linguistics (with especially strong ties to etymology). Philology is also defined as th ...

, encyclopedist, literary critic, theatre critic and children's writer.

Biography

Moren grew up at

Trysil Trysil is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Østerdalen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Innbygda. Other villages in the municipality include Nybergsund, Øs ...

Hedmark Hedmark () was a county in Norway before 1 January 2020, bordering Trøndelag to the north, Oppland to the west, Akershus to the south, and Sweden to the east. The county administration is in Hamar. Hedmark and Oppland counties were merged i ...

. His father was writer

Sven Moren Sven Moren (24 October 1871 – 14 December 1938) was a Norwegian farmer, poet, story writer, playwright, children's writer, organizer and politician for the Liberal Party (Norway), Liberal Party. Personal life Moren was born in Trysil as th ...

(1871–1938). He was a brother of poet, translator and author

Halldis Moren Vesaas Halldis Moren Vesaas (18 November 1907 – 8 September 1995) was a Norwegian poet, translator and writer of children's books. She established herself as one of the leading Norwegian writers of her generation. Biography She was born on a f ...

(1907–1995). He was educated at the

University of Oslo The University of Oslo ( no, Universitetet i Oslo; la, Universitas Osloensis) is a public research university located in Oslo, Norway. It is the highest ranked and oldest university in Norway. It is consistently ranked among the top universit ...

. He worked for

Gyldendal Norsk Forlag Gyldendal Norsk Forlag AS, commonly referred to as Gyldendal N.F. and in Norway often only as Gyldendal, is one of the largest Norwegian publishing houses. It was founded in 1925 after buying rights to publications from the Danish publishing ho ...

and later as rector of Elverum Folk High School from 1956. He was also a critic for the newspaper,

Østlendingen ''Østlendingen'' is a daily, regional newspaper published in Elverum, Norway. With a circulation of 19,000, it covers the regions of Østerdalen, Solør, Glåmdalen, Trysil and Engerdal. The newspaper is controlled by Edda Media Edda Media was a ...

. He debuted as a children's book author and won the Dammprisen in 1953. Among his children's books were ''Dimmi får venner'' from 1952, and ''Nattegjester på Jonsvangen'' from 1957.

References

1913 births 1996 deaths People from Trysil University of Oslo alumni Norwegian philologists Norwegian educators Norwegian encyclopedists Norwegian literary critics Norwegian theatre critics Norwegian children's writers 20th-century Norwegian writers 20th-century philologists {{Norway-writer-stub