Unni Lindell
Unni Maria Lindell (born April 3, 1957 in Oslo ) is a Norwegian writer, translator and journalist. Lindell first became known as an author of youth literature before she turned to the genre of the detective novel . The focus of her crime series is the Oslo Commissioner Cato Isaksen. In 1999 she received the Riverton Prize for the best Norwegian detective novel for the novel Drømmefangeren (German: Pass on what you dream ). Her books have already been translated into ten languages, including German, and some novels have also been filmed. The three-part series Drømmefangeren based on the crime novel of the same name from 1999 was broadcast on Norwegian television NRK in 2005. In 2008, the television version of the novel Sørgekåpen followed . Unni Lindell now lives with her husband and two sons in Røyken near Oslo.
Life
After studying Romance Studies , Unni Lindell traveled to various European countries. She then trained as a journalist and worked as a freelancer for various newspapers and magazines. But since her early youth she was interested in writing.
Initially she wrote smaller poems that appeared in weekly magazines before making her debut as a writer in 1986 with the youth novel Den grønne dagen . This was followed by a collection of poems, novellas, humorous works and a number of books for children and young people. However, Lindell celebrated her greatest success with the detective novels about Commissioner Cato Isaksen , which were filmed as Commissioner Isaksen in the Norwegian film series from 2005 .
Unni Lindell is also internationally successful with her series of children's books about the little ghost Bella Buuuh (originally Nifse Nilla ).
Web links
- Literature by and about Unni Lindell in the catalog of the German National Library
- Unni Lindell in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Unni Lindell at www.krimi-couch.de
- Unni Lindell at www.schwedenkrimi.de
- Unni Lindell's Homepage (Norwegian)
Individual evidence
- ^ Degeto , MFA and JC Rosenlund : Commissioner Isaksen. In: fernsehserien.de. December 14, 2009, accessed January 27, 2014 .
- ↑ Book index- The books of the author Unni Lindell . In: schwedenkrimi.de. Literaturportal - Krimikultur Scandinavia, July 11, 2008, accessed on January 27, 2014 (Norwegian).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lindell, Unni |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lindell, Unni Maria (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Norwegian writer, translator and journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 3, 1957 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Oslo |