Erling Jepsen

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Erling Jepsen (2014)

Erling Jepsen (born May 14, 1956 in Gram , Denmark ) is a Danish writer and playwright .

Life

Erling Jepsen was born the son of a milkman and a housewife in the small town of Gram. He grew up in a strongly Christian and, according to his own statement, above all dysfunctional family. After attending the grammar school in Haderslev , he moved out at the age of 16 and finally graduated from the Århus Akademi in 1975. He then moved to Copenhagen , where he began writing radio plays for the radio. He finally made his debut in 1977 with Kiks med kniv og gaffel . After he finally wrote several scripts in the early 1980s that were made into films, Jepsen established himself as a playwright from the 1990s with plays such as Elskende i et fodgængerfelt , Når bare det kommer fra hjetzt and Snefnugget og øjeæblet . He finally made his novel debut in 1999 with Ingen grund til overdramatisering .

His first great literary success was Jepsen's 2002 novel Kunsten at græde i kor . The autobiographically-inspired drama about an incest family sold over 50,000 copies in Denmark that same year and was eventually translated into several languages, including Swedish, Norwegian, Dutch, Spanish and Icelandic. The book was published in German by Suhrkamp Verlag in 2007 after a translation by Ulrich Sonnenberg under the title The Art of Weeping in the Choir .

So far, three novels by Jepsen have been filmed. Henrik Ruben Genz filmed the two books Biroller and Frygtelig lykkelig . The former was released in 2013 under the title Undskyld jeg forstyrrer and the latter under the title of the same name in Danish cinemas. Both films together received over 35 nominations for the two Danish national film awards Bodil and Robert . Peter Schønau Fog directed the 2002 book Kunsten at græde i kor for the film drama of the same name, which was shown in 2006 at the Mannheim-Heidelberg International Film Festival, among other places . The film received 15 Bodil and Robert nominations and four awards.

Today he lives with his wife and daughter in an apartment on Amager .

Works (selection)

Radio plays
  • Kiks med kniv og gaffel (1977)
  • Fars lille pige (1981)
  • Undula Lantern (1989)
  • Manden som ville lære kunsten at sprælle (1991)
  • Tasketyven and Kammertonen (1992)
Plays
  • Elskende i et fodgængerfelt (1992)
  • En farlig mand (1993)
  • Med dame on and hele lortet (1993)
  • Next år bliver øllet bedre (1993)
  • Når bare det kommer fra hjetzt (1995)
  • Muhammad Ali svigte aldrig (1998)
  • Snefnugget and øjeæblet (1999)
  • Manden som bad om lov til at være her på jorden (2000)
  • Dansemus (2001)
  • Cures (2001)
  • Anna and tyngdeloven (2003)
  • Manden from Estonia (2004)
  • Fire spil (2006)
Novels
Scripts
  • 1980: Polledreng kommer hjem
  • 1981: Freddy's Bar
  • 1982: Next week-end
  • 1983: Forræderne

Awards (selection)

  • Nomination for the DR Novel Prize 2003 for "Kunsten at græde i kor"
  • Danske Dramatikeres Hæderspris 2002
  • Holberg Medal 2004
  • DR Novel Prize 2014 for "Den sønderjyske farm"

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Erling Jepsen: Min psykolog fortalte mig engang, at ens forældre er ens skæbne on dansklitteraturnu.blogspot.de
  2. ↑ Jeppe Bangsgaard: Erling Jepsen: Jeg har testamenteret with sjæleliv til litteraturen , b.dk , 11 January 2014, accessed on 25 August 2014
  3. ↑ Christian Monggaard: Det oversamarbejdende barn , ekkofilm.dk , March 15, 2007, accessed on August 25, 2014
  4. ↑ Dorte Myhre: Det regner med Holberg-priser , b.dk , December 2, 2004, accessed on August 25, 2014
  5. ^ Rikke Caroline Carlsen: Læsernes favorit-roman: Erling Jepsen vinder DR Romanprisen , dr.dk , June 7, 2014, accessed on August 25, 2014
personal data
SURNAME Jepsen, Erling
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish writer and playwright
DATE OF BIRTH May 14, 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH Gram , Denmark