Husband Erik Fink
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Avenida Carlota Alessandri 131. Torremolinos, Spain
Robert Cecil Martin Elmer Berg (February 20, 1930 – November 29, 2008), known as Martin Elmer, was a Danish author of children's and adult literature, both fiction and non-fiction. He wrote most of the books under the name Robert C. Berg. [1]
In 1966 Elmer and his life-companion since 1963, the textile artist Erik Fink, applied for civil marriage wich predictably was declined; they were joined in a registered partnership in 1994. In 1979 they settled in Torremolinos, Spain, where they played a leading role in the social and cultural organisation of the Danish expatriate colony.
Martin Elmer was born in Copenhagen and made his debut in 1949 with the
short story The Boy Who Wanted to Be a Fireman. He trained as a
journalist in Oslo (1949-50) and has written in a wide range of genres.
In book form, he made his debut in 1959 with the novel The World Without
a Dream, and he has written a number of novels for both children and
adults. The last one was Cinderella's diary, published in 2007. Elmer
was very involved in a number of social issues and for a time stood for
parliament for the Justice League. He was gay and also wrote on this
topic. He was the first in the country to write an op-ed about this in
the Social-Democrat in 1956, and later (1962-71) he was editor of The
Friend, a magazine for gays. He wrote a number of non-fiction books on
homosexuality and politics. He sat on the board of the Danish Authors'
Association (1971-79) and on the board of representatives of the Danish
Arts Foundation (1972-79).
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