Erlend Loe

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Erlend Loe at Café Sting 2007

Erlend Loe (born May 24, 1969 in Trondheim ) is a Norwegian writer.

life and work

After his community service in a theater group, Loe studied literature , film studies and ethnology in Oslo . Later he also attended the Danish Film School in Copenhagen and the Art Academy in Trondheim. Today he lives in Oslo as a writer, screenwriter and translator.

His first publication was the novel Tatt av Kvinnen in 1993. Loe describes an unequal love affair. When a woman suddenly moves in, the protagonist's life is mixed up once more. His disordered life is now getting more and more structure, but that doesn't seem to improve his satisfaction in the long term either. In 1994 the first book in his socially critical children's book series about Kurt the forklift driver was published.

With the publication of his second novel ( Naiv. Super. ) Loe became known in Norway. A young man in a life crisis is given the job of looking after his brother's apartment, who is away from home. There he gradually gets his life under control through very simple activities (e.g. contact with the boy next door, children's toys, cycling). The sometimes stupid activities enable him to think about his life.

Erlend Loe often chooses protagonists for his novels who are overwhelmed by the everyday. The problems to be solved in the novel often seem simple, even ridiculous, to the reader. Underlined by direct language and the right choice of words, a very unique comedy is created . At the same time, however, Loe raises essential questions about people, the answers to which appear clear at first glance, but which can prove to be more difficult on closer reflection.

In 2010 his novel Doppler (German by Hinrich Schmidt-Henkel), read by Andreas Fröhlich (best interpreter; production Lauscherlounge / Berlin) received the German Audio Book Prize .

bibliography

  • Tatt av kvinnen (1993, novel)
  • Fisken (1994, children's book)
    • Kurt, the fish and the wide world , in German by Hinrich Schmidt-Henkel, Arena Verlag, Würzburg 1999, ISBN 978-3-401-04910-6 .
  • Maria & José (1994)
  • Kurt blir grusom (1995, children's book)
    • Kurt, the diamond and a pile of money , German by Hinrich Schmidt-Henkel, Arena Verlag, Würzburg 2000, ISBN 978-3-401-04911-3 .
  • Den store røde hunden (1996)
  • Naive. Great. (1996, novel)
    • The days have to be different, the nights too , in German by Hinrich Schmidt-Henkel, Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Cologne 1998; reissued in 2012 under the title "Naiv. Super", ISBN 978-3-462-04088-3 .
  • Kurt quo vadis? (1998, children's book)
  • Kurt for alle (1998, children's book)
  • L (1999)
  • Detector (2000, film manuscript)
  • Jotunheimen, bill.mrk. 2469 (2001)
  • Facta om Finland (2001, novel)
  • Kletter-Ida (2002, screenplay)
  • Kurt koker hodet (2003, children's book)
  • Doppler (2004, novel)
    • Doppler , German by Hinrich Schmidt-Henkel, Verlag Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Cologne 2007, ISBN 978-3-462-03942-9 .
  • Volvo lastvagner (2005)
  • Organists (2006)
  • Muleum (2007)
    • I'll take myself around the corner , German by Hinrich Schmidt-Henkel, Verlag Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Cologne 2008, ISBN 978-3-462-04017-3 .
  • Nord (2008, screenplay)
  • Kurtby (2008)
  • Tines Påskekrim (2009)
  • Stille dager i mixing part (2009)
    • Greetings from Mixing Part Churches , German by Hinrich Schmidt-Henkel, Verlag Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Cologne 2011, ISBN 978-3-462-04353-2 .
  • Fvonk (2011)
    • Jens. A man wants to go down , in German by Hinrich Schmidt-Henkel, Verlag Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Cologne 2013, ISBN 978-3-462-04499-7 .
  • Dyrene i Africa (2018)

Awards

Web links

Commons : Erlend Loe  - collection of images, videos and audio files

supporting documents

  1. ↑ Erlend Loe er vinner av Aschehougprisen 2013 , Norsk kritikerlag from August 29, 2013, accessed September 6, 2019 (Norwegian)
personal data
SURNAME Loe, Erlend
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Norwegian author and journalist
DATE OF BIRTH May 24, 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH Trondheim