Erik Uddenberg (playwright)

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Erik Emanuel Uddenberg (born June 25, 1963 in Lund ) is a Swedish playwright , screenplay writer and radio play and theater dramaturge .

Life

After training as a journalist , Uddenberg initially worked for Swedish radio . From 1994 to 1997 he trained as a dramatist in Stockholm and then took up a job as a freelance author, radio play and theater dramaturge at the Stockholm City Theater "Unga Klara".

In 2003 Uddenberg was awarded the ARD radio award “ Civis - Europe's media award for integration ” for the radio play adaptation of Henning Mankell's time in the dark .

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Uddenberg's theatrical work mainly includes works for children and youth theater . The play Polter, Geist, und Ti (Swedish premiere in 1998 in Stockholm, Theater Unga Klara) had its German premiere in 2002 and has since been performed on various German theaters. It shows the problematic relationship between a child and its mentally ill mother. The piece was based on motifs from a novel by Suzanne Osten . Even in pieces for adults ( Fader Mordet to German: patricide ) Uddenberg portrays always mentally unstable characters on the brink of madness .

In another children's play, The Letter from NN , problems of growing up and first experiences with love and sexuality are discussed. The piece China depicts the lives of two child soldiers in Uganda who are confronted with violence and death.

His works have been performed in various European countries (including Estonia ) and translated into several languages, including German, English, French, Romanian and various Nordic languages. Uddenberg also wrote several scripts, such as the script for the film Wellkåmm to Verona , written together with Suzanne Osten .

Selection of works

  • Wellkåmm to Verona (feature film), together with Sizanne Osten. 2006
  • China. My life as a child soldier (play), from the Swedish by Regine Elsässer. Theater Verlag Hofmann-Paul, Berlin 2005.
  • The letter from NN (play), from the Swedish by Regine Elsässer. Theater Verlag Hofmann-Paul, Berlin 2004.
  • Henning Mankell: Time in the Dark (audio book, editing: Erik Uddenberg). Dhv der Hörverlag, 2003, ISBN 978-3-89940-163-9
  • Polter, Geist and Ti (play). Gustav Kiepenheuer stage sales, Berlin 2001.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Program of the Nordic Drama Days in Tallinn 2006 ( Memento of the original from June 9, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF), p. 8.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.norden.ee
  2. ↑ civismedia.eu ( Memento of the original dated February 6, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / civismedia.eu
  3. ↑ "Come on, we'll find a treasure" - Janosch's classic children's book now as a play. In: Berliner Zeitung , April 26, 2002
personal data
SURNAME Uddenberg, Erik
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Uddenberg, Erik Emanuel (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish playwright, screenwriter, and radio play and theater dramaturge
DATE OF BIRTH June 25, 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Lund