Mari Osmundsen is the literary pseudonym of Anne Kristine Halling (born 20 June 1951), a Norwegian novelist and children's writer. She made her literary debut in 1978 with the novel ''Vi klarer det!''. Osmundsen was awarded the

Gyldendal's Endowment Gyldendal's Endowment was a literature prize which was awarded in the period 1934–1995 by the Norwegian publisher Gyldendal Norsk Forlag. The prize was awarded to significant authors, regardless of which publisher the author was associated w ...

in 1984 (shared with

Simen Skjønsberg Simen Skjønsberg (2 September 1920 – 26 December 1993) was a Norwegian journalist and writer. He was born in Øyer. During the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany he was arrested by the Nazi authorities following the 1943 University of Os ...

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1951 births Living people People from Molde 20th-century Norwegian novelists Norwegian children's writers Norwegian women novelists Norwegian women children's writers 20th-century Norwegian women writers {{norway-writer-stub