Arne Lygre
Arne Lygre (born February 6, 1968 in Bergen ) is a Norwegian playwright and novelist. He made his debut in 1998 with the play "Mamma og meg og menn" (Eng. "Mama and I and Men"). In 2004 his first book “Tid inne” was published, a collection of short stories for which he was awarded a Brageprisen by the Norwegian publishers' association. His plays have been translated into 13 languages and shown on stages in Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Brazil, Switzerland and France. In German-speaking countries, his plays are represented by the Felix Bloch Erben publishing house in Berlin. Lygre was awarded the Heddaprisen in 2017 for the text La deg være .
Works
Plays
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Mama og meg og menn , 1998; World premiere: May 23, 1998, Rogaland Teater, Stavanger
- Mom and me and men ; German by Hinrich Schmidt-Henkel ; German-language premiere: July 1, 2007, Badisches Staatstheater , Karlsruhe
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Brått evig , 1999; World premiere: January 8, 2000, National Theater , Oslo
- Live forever ; German by Hinrich Schmidt-Henkel; German-language premiere: February 20, 2003 Staatsschauspiel, Dresden
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Skygge av en gutt , 2003; World premiere: March 23, 2006, Det Norske Teatret, Oslo
- Shadow of a boy drama ; German by Hinrich Schmidt-Henkel; German-language premiere: April 6, 2018, Deutsches Theater , Göttingen
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Mann uten hensikt , 2005; First performance September 1, 2005, National Theater, Oslo
- Man with no prospects ; German by Hinrich Schmidt-Henkel; German-language premiere: May 26, 2006, Theater am Neumarkt , Zurich
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Dager under , 2006; World premiere: February 19, 2009, Teater Momentum, Odense
- Days under drama; German by Hinrich Schmidt-Henkel; German-language premiere: December 17, 2011, spielzeit'europa | Berlin Festival , Berlin
- Så Stilhed , 2009; World premiere: September 9, 2016, National Theater, Oslo
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La deg være ; World premiere: September 9, 2016, National Theater, Oslo
- Let yourself be , acting; German by Hinrich Schmidt-Henkel
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Jeg forsvinner , 2011; World premiere: November 4, 2011: Théâtre National de la Colline, Paris
- I am disappearing ; German by Hinrich Schmidt-Henkel
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Ingenting av meg , 2014; World premiere: April 26, 2014, Stadsteatern, Stockholm
- Nothing from me ; German by Hinrich Schmidt-Henkel; German-language premiere: September 22, 2017, Berliner Ensemble , Berlin
prose
- Tid inne , 2004
- Et siste ansikt , 2006
- Min døde mann , 2009
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.colombine.se/forfattaren/arne-lygre/
- ↑ German publisher website for the piece , accessed on May 26, 2020
- ↑ shadow of a boy , dt-goettingen.de, accessed on August 8, 2017
- ↑ German-language premiere on September 22, 2017
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SURNAME | Lygre, Arne |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Norwegian playwright and novelist |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 6, 1968 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Bergen (Norway) |