Jon Michelet
Jon Michelet (born July 14, 1944 in Moss , † April 14, 2018 in Oslo ) was a Norwegian writer and journalist .
Life
Jon Michelet was a trained helmsman and studied journalism at Oslo University . He worked as a seaman , dock worker and, after his studies, also as a journalist for the daily newspaper Nordlys and later as head of the publishing house. Michelet also hosted a number of entertainment programs on Norwegian television . From 1997 to 2002 he was editor-in-chief of the left-wing daily newspaper Klasskampen .
He was a member of the left-wing radical party AKP , later Rødt , and worked as a regional politician. In the 1970s, Michelet was secretly monitored by the police on suspicion of underground communist activity. His phone calls were tapped and his private letters read. He was considered a leading member of the Norwegian Communist Party, AKP.
Michelet fell ill with cancer and was treated in an Oslo hospital, where he died on April 14, 2018 as a result of his illness.
Literary work
Michelet's first detective novel was published in 1975. From then on, he also wrote numerous children's books, dramas and non-fiction. Together with Dag Solstad , he edited five books on soccer world championships . Some of his books have been filmed. a. as TV thrillers.
Until his death, 12 of his novels by Gabriele Haefs had been translated into German. Most recently he was working on a new book in his series En sjøens helt (A Hero of the Sea), which he was able to finish shortly before his death and which is due to appear in autumn 2018.
Michelet served from 2003 to 2009 as president of the Rivertonklubben , a literary association of writers, publishers, booksellers and literary scholars. The Society has awarded the Riverton Prize for the best work in criminal literature every year since 1972 . Michelet himself received this award in 1981 and 2001.
Film adaptations
- 1985: Orion's Belt (Orions Belte)
- 1996: Thygesen
literature
- Gabriele Haefs, epilogue to The attack by Jon Michelet, Hamburg: Rotbuch Verlag 1995, pp. 277–279 ISBN 3-88022-472-2
Web links
- Literature by and about Jon Michelet in the catalog of the German National Library
- Jon Michelet in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Jon Michelet in the store Norske Leksikon (Norwegian)
- Biography about Jon Michelet in Norsk biografisk leksikon (Norwegian)
- Jon Michelet in crime authors A – Z (German)
- Jon Michelet at S. Fischer Verlag (German)
- Antje Deistler: On the death of Jon Michelet - a conversation with Gabriele Haefs . Deutschlandfunk broadcast "Büchermarkt", April 16, 2018 (mp3 audio, 7.7 MB; 3:27 minutes)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Stein Østbø and Camilla Norli: Jon Michelet er død. In: VG . vg.no, April 15, 2018, accessed April 15, 2018 (Norwegian).
- ↑ a b c Wenche Fuglehaug, Hanne Mellingsæter and Ragnhild Sofie Selstø: Jon Michelet (73) er død. In: Aftenposten . aftenposten.no, April 15, 2018, accessed April 15, 2018 (Norwegian).
- ↑ Store norske leksikon , Norwegian, accessed on July 15, 2018
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Michelet, Jon |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Norwegian writer and journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 14, 1944 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Moss |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 14, 2018 |
| Place of death | Oslo |