Arnaldur Indriðason

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Arnaldur Indriðason (2004)

Arnaldur Indriðason (born January 28, 1961 in Reykjavík ) is an Icelandic author of crime novels.

Life

Arnaldur is the son of the writer Indriði G. Þorsteinsson .

In 1996 he passed the history exam at the University of Iceland . He later worked as a journalist and film critic for the daily Morgunblaðið .

He is married and has three children.

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Most of Arnaldur Indriðason's books star Erlendur Sveinsson and his colleagues from the police in Reykjavík . Usually, these are criminal cases that originate far in the past or where witnesses are not questioned for decades after a particular event. The private life of Commissioner Erlendur and the problematic relationship with his adult children play just as important a role as the crime plot and the connection with recent Icelandic history.

Arnaldur's breakthrough came with Nordermoor , the third novel in this crime series, for which he received the Scandinavian crime prize Glasnyckel for the first time . It is also the first novel by Arnaldur Indriðason to be published in Germany. It is about a rape that comes to light years later when the perpetrator is murdered under mysterious circumstances. Arnaldur deals with current issues in this book by attaching great importance to the registration of Icelandic citizens in a gene file and the registration of hereditary diseases . The success of this novel and its successor, Todeshauch , ensured that the other Erlendur cases in Germany were initially published as hardcover . In Outrageous and Abysses , the ninth and tenth novels in the series, Erlendur only appears indirectly in the thoughts and conversations of his colleagues, since he went to the East Fjords to work on coming to terms with a childhood trauma . The main characters here for the first time are the detective Elinborg and her family as well as her colleague Sigurður Óli.

Nordermoor was filmed in 2006 under the title Der Tote aus Nordermoor (Original: Mýrin ) with Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson as Erlendur Sveinsson, directed by Baltasar Kormákur . The film received the main prize at the 42nd Karlovy Vary Film Festival .

Only three of his previous works go different ways and are not to be described as detective novels, but rather as thrillers. In Gletschergrab a young Icelander tries to discover an intrigue that the American secret service is trying to cover up in Iceland. Traces of an airplane lead to Vatnajökull . Deadly Intrigue is the story of an exceptionally attractive woman who has mastered all the arts of seduction and will stop at nothing when it comes to getting her plans through. His thriller Codex Regius is about a young man who goes on an adventurous search for an important medieval Icelandic manuscript.

All of his works have also been published (in abbreviated form) as audio books, as have the bound and cardboard print editions from the Lübbe publishing group (Lübbe Audio). Speakers are Frank Glaubrecht , Ulrich Pleitgen , Heikko Deutschmann and Walter Kreye .

Publications

Reykjavík Homicide Cases

  • Synir scented sins . 1997 (German: Menschensöhne . Verlagsgruppe Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 2005, ISBN 3-7857-1556-0 .)
  • Dauðarósir . 1998 (German: Todesrosen . Verlagsgruppe Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 2008, ISBN 978-3-7857-1612-0 .)
  • Mýrin . 2000 (German: Nordermoor . Bastei-Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 2003, ISBN 3-404-14857-6 .)
  • Grafarþögn . 2001 (German: Todeshauch . Bastei-Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 2004, ISBN 3-404-15103-8 .)
  • Röddin . 2002 (German: Engelsstimme . Verlagsgruppe Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 2004, ISBN 3-7857-1551-X .)
  • Kleifarvatn . 2004 (German: Kältezone . Verlagsgruppe Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 2006, ISBN 3-7857-1567-6 .)
  • Vetrarborgin . 2005 (German: Frostnacht . Verlagsgruppe Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 2007, ISBN 978-3-7857-1593-2 .)
  • Harðskafi . 2007 (German: Kalteschlaf . Verlagsgruppe Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 2009, ISBN 978-3-7857-2361-6 .)
  • Myrká . 2008 (German: Frevelopfer . Verlagsgruppe Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 2010, ISBN 978-3-7857-2393-7 .)
  • Svörtuloft . 2009 (German: Abhaben . Verlagsgruppe Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 2011, ISBN 978-3-7857-2419-4 .)
  • Furðustrandir . 2010 (German: Eiseskälte . Verlagsgruppe Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 2012, ISBN 978-3-7857-2462-0 .)
  • Einvígið . 2011 (German: Duell . Verlagsgruppe Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 2014, ISBN 978-3-7857-2483-5 .)
  • Reykjavíkurnætur . 2012 (German: Night over Reykjavík . Verlagsgruppe Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 2014, ISBN 978-3-431-03907-8 .)
  • Kamp Knox . 2014 (German: Tage der Schuld . Verlagsgruppe Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 2017, ISBN 978-3-7857-2574-0 .)

Other novels

  • Napóleonsskjölin . 1999 (German: Gletschergrab . Verlagsgruppe Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 2005, ISBN 3-404-15262-X .)
  • Betty . 2003 (German: Tödliche Intrige . Bastei-Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 2005, ISBN 3-404-15338-3 .)
  • Konungsbók . 2006 (German: Codex Regius . Verlagsgruppe Lübbe 2008, ISBN 978-3-7857-1623-6 .)
  • Skuggasund . 2013 (German: Schattenwege . Bastei-Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 2015, ISBN 978-3-431-03928-3 .)
  • Þýska húsið . 2015 (German: The Traveler . Bastei-Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 2018, ISBN 978-3-7857-2597-9 .)
  • Petsamo . 2016 (German: Gray Nights . Bastei Lübbe, Cologne 2018, ISBN 978-3-7857-2629-7 .)

Audio books

  • Synir scented sins . 1997 (German: Menschensöhne ) Lübbe Audio 2011, ISBN 978-3-7857-4573-1 , abbreviated reading (4 hours 24 minutes), speaker: Frank Glaubrecht
  • Dauðarósir . 1998 (German: Todesrosen ) Lübbe Audio 2011, ISBN 978-3-7857-4574-8 , abridged reading (4 hours 23 min), speaker: Frank Glaubrecht
  • Napóleonsskjölin . 1999 (German: Gletschergrab ) Lübbe Audio 2006, ISBN 3-7857-3201-5 , abbreviated reading (4 hours 29 minutes), speaker: Ulrich Pleitgen
  • Mýrin . 2000 (German: Nordermoor ) Lübbe Audio 2011, ISBN 978-3-7857-4575-5 , shortened reading (4 hours 10 minutes), speaker: Frank Glaubrecht
  • Grafarþögn . 2001 (German: Todeshauch ) Lübbe Audio 2006, ISBN 3-7857-3128-0 , abridged reading (4 hours 3 minutes), speaker: Frank Glaubrecht
  • Röddin . 2002 (German: Engelsstimme ) Lübbe Audio 2011, ISBN 978-3-7857-4577-9 , abridged reading (3 hours 53 minutes), speaker: Frank Glaubrecht
  • Betty . 2003 (German: Tödliche Intrige ) Lübbe Audio 2011, ISBN 978-3-7857-4332-4 , radio play (49 min), various speakers
  • Kleifarvatn . 2004 (German: Kältezone ) Lübbe Audio 2011, ISBN 978-3-7857-4578-6 , abridged reading (4 hours 10 minutes), speaker: Frank Glaubrecht
  • Vetrarborgin . 2005 (German: Frostnacht ) Lübbe Audio 2011, ISBN 978-3-7857-4579-3 , abridged reading (4 hours 14 minutes), speaker: Frank Glaubrecht
  • Konungsbók . 2006 (German: Codex Regius ) Lübbe Audio 2008, ISBN 978-3-7857-3705-7 , abridged reading (4 hours 42 minutes), speaker: Heikko Deutschmann
  • Harðskafi . 2007 (German: Kalteschlaf ) Lübbe Audio 2011, ISBN 978-3-7857-3872-6 , abridged reading (5 hours 7 minutes), speaker: Walter Kreye
  • Myrká . 2008 (German: Frevelopfer ) Lübbe Audio 2010, ISBN 978-3-7857-4282-2 , abridged reading (4 hours 54 minutes), speaker: Walter Kreye
  • Svörtuloft . 2009 (German: Abhaben ) Lübbe Audio 2011, ISBN 978-3-7857-4458-1 , abbreviated reading (5 hours 9 minutes), speaker: Walter Kreye
  • Furðustrandir . 2010 (German: Eiseskälte ) Lübbe Audio 2012, ISBN 978-3-7857-4691-2 , abridged reading (5 hours 5 minutes), speaker: Walter Kreye

Awards

See also

Web links

Commons : Arnaldur Indriðason  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ bokmenntaborgin.is (English; accessed November 12, 2018)


Note: Icelanders are referred to by their first name or first and last name, but not just their surname. Further information can be found under Icelandic personal name .
personal data
SURNAME Arnaldur Indriðason
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Indriðason, Arnaldur
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Icelandic crime novelist
DATE OF BIRTH January 28, 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH Reykjavík , Iceland