Leif Borthen

At the outbreak of the Second World War, Borthen went to London, England, later to Argentina, where he worked in the Norwegian embassy in Buenos Aires as press attaché from 1945 until 1950. He wrote his first book in 1952 about his experiences there. It was called Reise til Peróns rike ("Travel to Peron's Empire") which was published in 1952.^[1] In 1955 Borthen along with Jan Wihbourg took a year out to travel the Brazilian rainforest. During this time he made a film and also wrote I morgen drar vi til Bahia ("Tomorrow we're off to Bahia")

Between 1950 and 1952 Borthen reported for the newspaper Arbeiderbladet. He also made appearances on the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK), and contributed to the leading Norwegian daily newspaper Verdens Gang,^[1] under the pseudonym Don Segundo, with articles on the cinema, cookery and current affairs. He also became a film and theatre critic,^[2] chairing the Norwegian Film Critics^{[clarification needed]} between 1959 and 1960.

In 1960 Borthen returned to Sant Vicent de sa Cala. He purchased a house and Borthen continued to write from there. In 1967^[1] he published Veien til San Vicente ("The Road to San Vicente"). Borthen continued to work and live on Ibiza until his death in 1979.