Not so with Bodelsen

Anders Bodelsen (born February 11, 1937 in Frederiksberg, Copenhagen ) is a Danish writer and screenwriter .

Life

Bodelsen grew up in Copenhagen and studied law , literature and economics there . From 1959 he worked for various Danish newspapers and magazines and edited a literary magazine. He then also worked as a critic for Danish television and the big daily Politiken .

In Germany, Anders Bodelsen became known with his ice thriller Bruno's deep-frozen days, which has now become a standard science fiction novel (Danish original title: Fryspunkteet ), which is about a terminally ill who - in the hope of a cure in the future - freezes and finally wakes up in a nightmarish, technically perfect world. The thriller was translated into German by Monika Buttler. Another SF-themed novel is Villa Sunset (1964) about the onset of a new ice age .

Several of his novels have been made into films - Bodelsen also wrote some of his own scripts for Danish film productions . In the Olsen Gang film " The Olsen Gang in a Clamp " he has an appearance as an actor.

Film adaptations

• 1969: Money for the second breakfast ( Taenk pa et tal )
• 1978: G (Give) ( The silent partner ) - based on the novel "Think of a Number"
• 1987: Golden rain ( Guldregn )

Awards

• 1968: Danish Critics' Prize
• 1969: De Gyldne Laurbær
• 1971: “ Grand prix de littérature policy ” for Hændeligt uheld
• 1981: Søren Gyldendal Prize
• 1989: " Swedish Crime Award - International " for Mørklægning (German: blackout )
• 1986: "De Gyldne Håndjern"
• 2002: " Palle-Rosenkrantz-Prize "

Works

• De lyse nætters tid (1959)
• Villa Sunset (1964)
• Hændeligt uheld (1968)
• Tænk på et valley (1968)
• Fryspunktet (1969)
  • German: Bruno's frozen days. Translated by Monika Buttler. Marion von Schröder, 1971, ISBN 3-547-71355-2 . New edition as paperback: Heyne SF&F # 3356, 1973.
• Holidays (1970)
• Straus (1971)
• Hjælp (1971)
• Pigerne på broen (1972)
• Bevisets stilling (1973)
• Alt hvad du ønsker dig (1974)
• Blæsten i Alleen (1975)
• Operation Cobra (1975)
• Pengene and Livet (1976)
• De God Tider (1977)
• År for år (1978)
• Border, border (1980)
• Over regnbuen (1982)
• Dominoes (1984)
• Revision (1985)
• Guldregn (1986)
• Mørklægning (1988)
• Byen uden ildebrande (1989)
• Rød September (1991)
• Farligt bryg (1993)
• Den åbne dør (1997)
• Varm air (2009)

literature

• Hans Joachim Alpers , Werner Fuchs , Ronald M. Hahn : Reclam's science fiction guide. Reclam, Stuttgart 1982, ISBN 3-15-010312-6 , p. 48.
• John Clute : Bodelsen, Anders. In: John Clute, Peter Nicholls : The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction . 3rd edition (online edition), version dated April 4, 2017.

Web links

• Literature by and about Anders Bodelsen in the catalog of the German National Library
• Anders Bodelsen in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
• Anders Bodelsen in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Works by and about Anders Bodelsen at Open Library
• Biographical and Bibliography (Danish)