Johan Theorin

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Johan Theorin

Johan Theorin (born September 3, 1963 in Gothenburg ) is a Swedish journalist and author .

Live and act

Literary work

Theorin has published short stories , anthologies and novels . Theorin's crime novels are characterized by mythological elements and are bestsellers in his Swedish homeland.

Even with his first crime novel Öland, which was awarded in Sweden as the best crime debut of the year, he achieved international success: the book has been translated into over twenty languages. Like all the novels by his so-called “Seasons Quartet”, it is set on the island of Öland . Johan Theorin's family has lived there for generations, he himself is a regular visitor to the island and knows the cultural heritage, its legends and myths.

Fog storm takes place in the harsh Öland winter. The book received the award for the best detective novel of the year in Sweden and received the English Dagger Award for the best international detective novel. The Seasons Quartet was produced in the 2010s as a radio play with a translation by Kerstin Schöps and an adaptation by Andrea Czesienski for Deutschlandradio Kultur .

Works

Seasons Quartet (Öland Series)

  • 2008: Öland (Skumtimmen ), German by Kerstin Schöps. Piper , ISBN 978-3-492-05089-0 .
    • Radio play Öland . Based on the novel by Johan Theorin, adaptation: Andrea Czesienski, director Götz Naleppa , production Deutschlandradio Kultur 2009, length: 56'29
  • 2009: Nebelsturm (Nattfåk) , German by Kerstin Schöps. Piper, ISBN 978-3-492-05091-3 .
    • Radio play Nebelsturm, based on the novel by Johan Theorin, adaptation: Andrea Czesienski, director Götz Naleppa, production Deutschlandradio Kultur 2011, length: 56 '
  • 2011: Blutstein (Blodlänge) , German by Kerstin Schöps. Piper, ISBN 978-3-492-05418-8 .
    • Radio play Blutstein . Based on the novel by Johan Theorin, adaptation: Andrea Czesienski, director Götz Naleppa, production Deutschlandradio Kultur 2012, length: 56'13
  • 2013: Inselgrab (Rörgast) , German by Susanne Dahmann and Kerstin Schöps, Piper, ISBN 978-3-492-05470-6 (published on May 12, 2014).

Further

Awards

  • 2007: Swedish Crime Academy: “Best detective novel of the year” for Skumtimmen
  • 2008: Swedish Catahya Literature Prize for Endast jag är vaken
  • 2008: BMF badge
  • 2009: The CWA Dagger Award : "Best First Novel" for Echoes from the Dead (= Öland)
  • 2010: The CWA Dagger Award: "Best detective novel translated into English" for The Darkest Room (= fog storm)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See his website.
  2. ^ Criminal radio play Öland , Deutschlandradio Kultur Archiv, article from November 29, 2010, accessed April 25, 2016
personal data
SURNAME Theorin, Johan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish writer
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd September 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Gothenburg