Jørn Riel

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Jørn Riel

Jørn Riel (born July 23, 1931 in Odense ) is a Danish writer .

Life

The trained radio operator and navigator Riel took part in an expedition to northeast Greenland from 1951 to 1953 to carry out meteorological studies. He spent a total of sixteen years in Greenland. In the 1960s he toured the West Indies , North Africa and Southeast Asia . He worked for the United Nations in Jordan and Syria . Today he lives alternately in Scandinavia and Malaysia .

plant

Most of Riel's short stories and novels are set in the Arctic . While he was wintering with an Inuk in northeast Greenland in 1951 , he began to write and tell stories to pass the time. His stories are in the Scandinavian tradition of oral legends . They are based on the stories of the Scandinavian hunters in northeast Greenland, who Riel got to know before their bases were closed in the 1950s. Riel has written over 40 books that have been translated into numerous languages. In Denmark, his books had a total circulation of over a million.

Awards

bibliography

  • 1970 En fortælling hvoraf man får et smukt ansigt. dt. in: The house of my fathers. Union, Zurich 2000, ISBN 3-293-20183-0 .
  • 1971 Previous rævefælde. dt. in: The house of my fathers. Union, Zurich 2000, ISBN 3-293-20183-0 .
  • 1972 Det første af altings fest. dt. in: The house of my fathers. Union, Zurich 2000, ISBN 3-293-20183-0 .
  • 1972 Pigen som søgte Havets Mor. Eventyr from Greenland. (Children's book) German Pani and the sea mother: fairy tales from Greenland. Edition Bergh, Zug 1976, ISBN 3-88065-059-4 .
  • 1973 Da Higginbottom tabte sin skygge.
  • 1973 Satan's til Higginbottom.
  • 1974 Den fede, hvide Tuan. (Stories)
  • 1974 Colde jomfru and other skrøner. (Fables) German in Too much luck at once. German Union, Zurich 2004, ISBN 3-293-20303-5
  • 1975 An arctic safari and other skrøner. (Fables) dt. Not all polar bears hibernate. Union, Zurich 2001, ISBN 3-293-00281-1 .
  • 1975 For mornings. German before morning. Union, Zurich 2006, ISBN 3-293-00355-9 .
  • 1976 You bor i dit navn.
  • 1976 En underlig duel and other skrøner. (Fables)
  • 1977 Floder i havet.
  • 1977 Helvedespræsten and other skrøner. (Fables) German in Too much luck at once. Union, Zurich 2004, ISBN 3-293-20303-5
  • 1978 De gule blades ånd.
  • 1978 Strejfer mine drømme.
  • 1979 Drengen som ville være menneske. (Children's book)
  • 1979 Sarfartut / Strømsteder. (Poems)
  • 1979 Ungkarlehuset.
  • 1980 Leiv, Narua and Apuluk. (Children's book)
  • 1980 Rejsen til Nanga - en usædvanlig lang skrøne.
  • 1980 Videre mod Nord. (Children's book)
  • 1981 The long negro and other fortællinger. (Stories)
  • 1982 The blå dør.
  • 1982 Frk.Biancas dybe fald.
  • 1983 Sangen for livet - Heq. dt. in: Song of Life. The Greenland saga. Union, Zurich (2008)
  • 1984 Sangen for livet - Soré. dt. in: Song of Life. The Greenland saga. Union, Zurich (2008)
  • 1985 Sangen for livet - Arluk. dt. in: Song of Life. The Greenland saga. Union, Zurich (2008)
  • 1986 En lodret løgn and other skrøner. (Fables)
  • 1988 signal cannons and other skrøner. (Fables)
  • 1989 Skrøner fra et rejseliv. (Fables)
  • 1990 The variety mand. Fortællinger from Africa, Greenland and Østen. (Stories)
  • 1992 Flere skrøner fra et rejseliv. (Fables)
  • 1992 Kløften.
  • 1993 Haldurs ballader and other skrøner. (Fables)
  • 1994 Circular and other skrøner. (Fables)
  • 1996 Forliset and other skrøner. (Fables)
  • 1997 The gode væver. Fortællinger from Africa, Canada and Østen. (Stories)
  • 1998 En antikvarboghandlers erindring.
  • 1999 The pjaltede mand and other skrøner.
  • 2001 Samlede skrøner fra Nordøstgrønland: 1974–1980. (Ed.)
  • 2001 Samlede skrøner fra Nordøstgrønland: 1986–1996. (Ed.)
  • 2002 Avigtat: eskimoliv. (Illustrated book)
  • 2002 Samlede skrøner fra et rejseliv. (Ed.)

Film adaptations

The novel Before the Morning was filmed by Marie-Hélène Cousineau and Madeline Ivalu under the title Le Jour avant le lendemain . The film was released in 2008.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jørn Riel on the happiness of writing in: Jørn Riel: Not all polar bears hibernate. P. 264, Union, Zurich 2002, ISBN 3-293-20244-6 .

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personal data
SURNAME Riel, Jørn
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish writer
DATE OF BIRTH July 23, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH Odense