Fredrik Skagen
Fredrik Skagen (born December 30, 1936 in Trondheim ; † June 20, 2017 there ) was a Norwegian writer and university librarian .
Skagen's parents were grocer Rudolf Andreas Skagen (1905–1974) and Thyra Fredrikke Mortensen (1904–1998). In 1959, Skagen married the librarian and translator Eva Kristine Rønning (born December 31, 1937), daughter of Karl Rønning (1910–1999) and Greta Maria Blomquist (1907–1988).
Skagen grew up in Trondheim and spent most of his life there. He attended Statens bibliotekskole (State Library School) from 1960 to 1961 and worked as a librarian from 1961 to 1969 and then until 1975 as a university librarian at the Norges Tekniske Høgskole (NTH, Norwegian Technical University ) in Trondheim. In 1968 he published his first novel Jagten efter Auriga , which was followed by two more, before he started his full-time writing in 1976. Skagen also published children's books, short stories, radio plays and the film Purpurhjertene, based on his templates, about the fate of a Vietnamese soldier.
bibliography
Detective novels
- 1968 chased the first Auriga
- 1970 Jeg vet en deilig have
- 1970 paper rookies
- 1978 Ulvene
- 1979 Forræderen
- 1981 Kortslutning
- 1982 Viktor! Viktor!
- 1983 Frit fald
- 1984 tiger times
- 1985 Voldtægt
- 1986 Døden i Capelulo
- 1988 Dragenatten
- 1988 Menneskejægeren
- 1990 Old comrades
- 1991 Landskab med kuglehul
- 1993 Dødelig madonna
- 1993 nemesis
- 1994 Skrik (German The Third Victim . Diana, Munich / Zurich 2003, ISBN 978-3-453-87378-0 )
- 1995 Nattsug (German. In the wake of the night . Diana, Munich / Zurich 2003, ISBN 978-3-453-86992-9 )
- 1996 Rekyl (German White Traces . Diana, Munich / Zurich 2002, ISBN 978-3-453-21187-2 )
- 1998 Blackout (German black before eyes . Diana, Munich / Zurich 2001, ISBN 978-3-8284-0058-0 )
- 1999 Drømmen om Marilyn
- 2000 Blomster and Blod
- 2001 Blitz
- 2002 Fri som fuglen
Other works
- 1976 Utkastelsen (radio play)
- 1980 Alt står bra til med nordmennene (novella)
- 1987 En strek i regningen (TV manuscript)
- 1990 Pelle Maradona (picture book)
- 1992 Otto og røverne (children's book)
- 1992 Å drepe en sangfugl (novella)
Awards
- 1980 Riverton Prize for Kortslutning
- 1986 Cappelenprisen (Norway)
- 1986 Palle Rosenkrantz Prize for Viktor! Viktor!
- 1987 Bokhandler prizes for Purpurhjertene
- 1995 Trondheim kommunes kulturpris (Culture Prize of the City of Trondheim)
- 1996 Scandinavian crime prize for Nattsug
Web links
- Literature by and about Fredrik Skagen in the catalog of the German National Library
- Fredrik Skagen at krimi-couch.de
- Short biography at schwedenkrimi.de
- Fredrik Skagen in the Norsk Biografisk Lexikon (Norwegian)
- Fredrik Skagen in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ See Norsk Biografisk Lexikon (Norwegian, accessed January 7, 2020)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Skagen, Fredrik |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Norwegian writer and university librarian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 30, 1936 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Trondheim , Norway |
| DATE OF DEATH | 20th June 2017 |
| Place of death | Trondheim , Norway |