Rolf say

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Rolf Sagen (born December 21, 1940 in Vadheim ; † April 6, 2017 ) was a Norwegian writer . He was the founder and curator of the Skrivekunstakademiet i Hordaland .

He wrote novels, short stories, short stories, scripts and children's books. He made his debut with the Dørklinker poetry collection , which won the Tarjei Vesaas Debutant Prize in 1968 . In 1976 he won the Norwegian Critics' Prize for the novel Mørkets gjerninger .

Life

Sagen was the son of Hermod Sagen and Ingeborg Susanne, née Engeseth. He was married twice: first from 1968 to 1981 with Oddveig Ringerud and since May 1990 with Kari Kronstad.

Sagen was born in Vadheim in Høyanger , grew up in Sykkylven and later moved to Bergen. He studied psychology at the University of Oslo , described the psychological consequences of the social system and worked from 1972 to 1974 as a psychologist in a clinic in the Hordaland district . There he founded the "Skrivekunstakademiet", of which he was director from 1985 to 1993. In 1968 he published his first collection of poems. He wrote numerous novels, non-fiction and children's books. He was inspired by the works of Franz Kafka and Samuel Beckett , which is reflected, for example, in his novel Lyden av vatn .

Sagen died in April 2017 as a result of years of Parkinson's disease.

bibliography

  • Dørklinker (1966)
  • Kvengedal (1970)
  • Mørkets ugjerninger (1976)
  • Mercedesryttaren (1988)
  • Reisa til Leit (1989)
  • Lyden av vatn (1990)
  • Sauenes liv (1994)
  • Den gongen eg var elvefiskar (1995)
  • Kjærasten min and other dictates for store and små (1996)
  • Bergfri and Kakaoen leitar etter morfar (1997)
  • Bergfri og epleslangen (1998)
  • Bergfri og kattungen (1999)
  • Sørgedans (2000)
  • Hundre bønder (2001)
  • Reisa til D. (2002)
  • Steinar Foten og vekkarmannen (2002)
  • Skog (2004)

Prices

literature

  • Øystein Rottem: Rolf Sagen . In: Norsk biografisk leksikon . February 13, 2009 ( snl.no ).
  • Rolf say . In: Store norske leksikon . December 4, 2012 ( snl.no ).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Frank Johnsen: Rolf Sagen er død. In: Bergens Tidende . Retrieved April 6, 2017 .
  2. ↑ Rolf Sagen . worldCat.org. Retrieved April 2, 2010.
  3. ↑ Rolf Sagen: Norway . International Literature Festival Berlin. Retrieved April 2, 2010.
  4. ↑ Rolf Sagen. In: Allkunne. Retrieved April 7, 2017 (Norwegian).
personal data
SURNAME Say, Rolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Norwegian writer
DATE OF BIRTH December 21, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Vadheim
DATE OF DEATH April 6, 2017