Lars Saabye Christensen

Lars Saabye Christensen (2013)

Lars Saabye Christensen (born September 21, 1953 in Oslo ) is a Norwegian writer of Danish-Norwegian origin.

Life

Saabye Christensen, who has Danish citizenship through his father, grew up in Oslo, but mostly lived in Sortland in the province of Nordland . Both places influenced his work as a writer and appear in his works. He studied Norwegian, literature, history of art and ideas. He made his debut in 1976 with the volume of poems Historien om Gly , for which he was awarded the Tarjei Vesaas Debutant Prize. Saabye Christensen lives in Oslo with his wife Karna.

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Saabye Christensen is best known for his novels, but he has also written poetry, dramas and scripts. In 1984 he made his breakthrough across Norway's borders with Yesterday , which received the award from the Norwegian publisher Cappelen. In 2001 his work The Half Brother received a literary award from the Nordic Council .

Saabye Christensen is a member of the Norwegian Academy of Language and Literature and Commander of the Order of Saint Olav (2006).

Awards

• 1976 Tarjei Vesaas Debutant Prize for Histories om Gly
• 1984 Cappelenprisen
• 1987 Rivertonprisen for Sneglene
• 1988 Critic Awards for Herman
• 1988 Sarpsborg Prize
• 1990 Bokhandler prizes for Waterloo
• 1991 Amanda Prizes
• 1993 Dobloug prizes
• 1997 Riksmålsforbundets litteraturpris
• 1999 Sarpsborg Prize
• 2001 Aamodt statuettes
• 2001 Bokhandler prizes for The Half Brother
• 2001 Brageprisen for The Half Brother
• 2001 The norske readers' award
• 2002 Nordisk Råds Litteraturpris for The Half-Brother
• 2015 Brageprisen for Magnet

Works (selection)

• Historien om Gly - Poetry (1976)
• Amatøren - Novel (1977)
• Kamelen i mitt hjerte - Poetry (1978)
• Jaktmarker - Novel (1979)
• Billettene - Roman (1980)
• The False Dead ( Jokeren ) - Novel (1981)
• Paraply - Lyric (1982)
• Yesterday ( Beatles ) - Roman (1984)
• Blodets bånd novel (1985)
• Åsteder - Poetry (1986)
• Colombus ankomst - play (1986)
• Sneglene - Novel (1987)
• Herman Novel (1988)
• Stempler - Lyric (1989)
• Vesterålen - Poetry (1989)
• Waterloo ( Bly ) - Novel (1990)
• Gutten som ville være en av gutta - Novel (1992)
• Ingens - Stories (1992)
• Den akustiske skyggen - Lyrik (1993)
• Mecca Drama (1994)
• The Solo Entertainer ( Cheers ) - Novel (1995)
• The other side av blått. Et Bildedikt from Loften and Vesterrålen. - Poetry (1996) (medf.)
• The jealous hairdresser and other heroes ( Den misunnelige frisøren ) - Stories (1997)
• Noen som elsker hverandre - Stories (1999)
• Pasninger - Poetry (1999)
• Fallferdig Himmel - Lyric (1999)
• Kongen som ville ha mer enn en krone (medf). - Children's book (1999)
• Under en sort paraply - Lyrik (1999) (utvalg / etterord: Niels F. Dahl).
• Mann for sin katt - children's book (2000)
• Pinnsvinsol - Poetry (2000)
• The Half Brother ( Half Brothers ) - Roman (2001)
• Nightshade ( Maskeblomstfamilien ) - Novel (2003)
• Sanger og steiner - Poetry (2003)
• SATS Stories (2003)
• Oscar Wildes heis - Stories (2004)
• The Model ( Models ) - Roman (2005)
• The Blue Dome of Memory ( Saabyes cirkus ) - Novel (2006)
• Bisettelsen - Novel (2008)
• Visning - novel (2009)
• The unbelievable ticks of Mr. Hval, translated by Christel Hildebrandt ( Bernhard Hvals forsnakkelser ) - Roman (2010)
• With danske album - Memoirs (2010)
• The Summer My Mom Wanted To Fly To The Moon ( Sluk ) - Novel (2012)
• Stedsans - Stories (2013)
• Magnet - Novel (2015)
• Traces of the City ( Byens spor 2017) - Novel (2019)

Web links

• Literature by and about Lars Saabye Christensen in the catalog of the German National Library
• Lars Saabye Christensen in Norsk biografisk leksikon (Norwegian)
• Short biography and reviews of works by Lars Saabye Christensen at perlentaucher.de
• Lars Saabye Christensen in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Interview & information at www.schwedenkrimi.de