Terje Stigen
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. "
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
- 1954 - Gyldendal Scholarship
- 1957 - Riksmålsforbundets litteraturpris
- 1963 - Bokhandler prizes
- 1987 - Nomination for the Nordic Council Literature Prize
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
- ↑ a b Terje Stigen . In: Store norske leksikon (Norwegian)
- ↑ Philip Houm. In: Nordic literary history
- ↑ Volume II. Fink, Munich 1984, pp. 638/639.
- ↑ About the film (Norwegian) Elskere
- ↑ Horst Bien in: Northern European literatures . VEB Bibliographisches Institut Leipzig, 1980, p. 309
personal data | |
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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 |