Arne Hestenes , pen name Plut ( 29 January 1920 – 3 January 1995 ) was a Norwegian journalist and author . He wrote feature pieces ( literary journalism ) and was a restaurant critic and film critic . 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 . He started his writing career with columns in '' Tromsø Stiftstidende '' , but wanted to work for '' Dagbladet '' and got his first article on print there at the age of 17 . He took the examen artium in 1939 and moved to study at the University of Oslo . His studies were interrupted during the 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 . After the liberation of Norway at the end of World War II in 1945 , he returned to Norway . He graduated at the University of Oslo with a 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 . 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
1984 Cannes Film Festival
1984 Cannes Film Festival
Arne Hestenes