Terje Stigen

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Terje Stigen (born June 28, 1922 in Kjelvik , Magerøya , Finnmark ; † August 14, 2010 in Oslo ) was a Norwegian writer and member of the Norwegian Academy of Language and Literature .

Life

Terje Stigen spent his childhood in Tromsø and studied philology at the University of Oslo. He made his debut in 1950 with the novel To døgn ( Two Days ) and created an extensive literary oeuvre, including 44 novels and collections of short stories. His cycle of novels Vindstille underveis ( calm on the road , 1956) is influenced by Karen Blixen ; the people are dominated by the northern nature. One of his best works is the novel Stjernøj ( Star Island ), published in 1959 , which describes the fate of numerous people.

" In between [are] books with weaker access and duller style [appeared], often creates a huge disproportion between the complex psychological substance and the virtuoso fabulierenden form; this applies to several works from the 1960s. "

- Nordic literary history

In 1972 his novel Min Marion ( Meine Marion ) was published, which was also translated into German. His theme is the right of disabled people to love. The book was made into a film in 1975 by the Norwegian director Nils R. Müller . Müller filmed Stigen's novel Elskere ( Lovers ) with Ingerid Vardund and Wencke Myhre in 1963 .

Stigen has also written numerous radio plays, including the repeatedly broadcast piece Den røde sommerfugl ( The Red Butterfly , 1968) and the collection of texts Norwegian Rhapsody (1972). He has received several awards and was appointed to the Norwegian Academy of Language and Literature. He wrote his books in Bokmål .

Awards

Fonts

Original Norwegian editions

  • To døgn (1950)
  • Vindstille underveis (1956)
  • Frode budbæreren (1957)
  • Stjerneøy (1959)
  • Elskere (1960)
  • Det flyktige hjerte (1967)
  • Besettelse (1970)
  • Min Marion (1972)
  • De Faste Lys (1975)
  • Huset and byen (1978)
  • Blindgjengeren (1981)
  • Ved foten av kunnskapens tre (1986)
  • Monolitten (1988)
  • Allegretto (1995)

German-language editions

  • Before the summer passed. Novel of a passion . Düsseldorf 1954.
  • Norway . Illustrated book. Foros: Bert Boger. Text: Terje Stigen. Belser, Stuttgart 1958.
  • Hours in the frontier . Novel. Volk u. Welt, Berlin 1969.
  • My Marion . Novel. Volk und Welt, Berlin 1982 (Fischer-Taschenbuch, 1986. ISBN 3-596-25966-5 )

literature

  • Philip Houm: Terje Stigen . In: Nordic literary history . Volume II. Fink, Munich 1984, ISBN 3-7705-2105-6 .
  • Finn Jor: Terje Stigen . In: Store norske leksikon
  • F. Stenstad: Mesterfortelleren. Et blikk på Terje Stigens forfatterskap . In: Nordnorsk magasin . No. 7-8 / 2002

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Terje Stigen . In: Store norske leksikon (Norwegian)
  2. ↑ Philip Houm. In: Nordic literary history
  3. ↑ Volume II. Fink, Munich 1984, pp. 638/639.
  4. ↑ About the film (Norwegian) Elskere
  5. ↑ Horst Bien in: Northern European literatures . VEB Bibliographisches Institut Leipzig, 1980, p. 309
personal data
SURNAME Stigen, Terje
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Norwegian writer
DATE OF BIRTH June 28, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Kjelvik , Magerøya , Finnmark
DATE OF DEATH August 14, 2010
Place of death Oslo