Arne Hestenes

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Arne Hestenes,

film critic.[1]

Biography

Arne Magnus Hestenes was born in Tromsø as a son of manager Ola Hestenes (1891–1961) and Gerda Kristine Larsen (1897–1963). He was a brother of barrister Olav Hestenes. [2][3]

He started his writing career with columns in Tromsø Stiftstidende, but wanted to work for

occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany. Following the 1943 University of Oslo fire, the Nazi German officials closed the university. Hestenes re-located to Stockholm, Sweden. He worked for the Norwegian resistance movement at Sikringstjenesten which was operated by Milorg. His code name was "Plut", which was later his journalistic signature after the war.[4]

After the liberation of Norway at the end of

cand.mag.
degree in 1947 and was hired by Dagbladet as a journalist. He remained in Dagbladet for the rest of his career. He wrote an assessment of the night life, especially in Oslo; and through the years he became a knowledgeable film critic. He became best known for his personal style which combined witty metaphors, quick and easy irony replicas, inventive word combinations and comic exaggerations. [2]

Hestenes was additionally a portrait artist. Dating from the 1940s, he worked with the artist Gösta Hammarlund. He also released several books with collections of his newspaper columns. Some of the more well-known books include Galleri Plut (1969) and Zoom (1976). He was a jury member of the 1984 Cannes Film Festival, and an honorary citizen of Cannes as well as his hometown Tromsø.[2] [5]

During the course of his career, he received a number of awards including the Norsk Industriforbunds pressepris, Oslo Riksmålsforenings Gullpenn, Oslo Kinematografers Chaplin-statuett and Haugesund Bys Hederspris. He was awarded the

Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav (Knight, First Class) in 1991, as well as the French Ordre national du Mérite (Chevalier) and the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Officier).[2]
[6]

Personal life

He was married to Sonja Karin Bergan (1939–2001), and lived between

Aker brygge and Solli plass
. He died in January 1995 and was buried at Vestre gravlund in Oslo.[2]

References

  1. Store norske leksikon
     (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 17 May 2010.
  2. ^ a b c d e Wandrup, Fredrik. "Arne Hestenes". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 17 May 2010.
  3. ^ "Olav Hestenes". lokalhistoriewiki. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  4. ^ "Sikringstjenesten 1940-1945". forsvaretsmuseer.no. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  5. ^ "Arne Hestenes" (in French). Cannes Film Festival. Retrieved 17 May 2010.
  6. Aftenposten Aften
    (in Norwegian). p. 18.

External links

Awards
Preceded by Recipient of the Narvesen Prize
1963 		Succeeded by
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