Erlend Loe
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| Erlend Loe | |
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 Erlend Loe at a literature festival in 2007 |
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| Born | May 24, 1969 Trondheim, Norway |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Nationality | Norwegian |
| Notable work(s) | Naive, Super L |
Erlend Loe (born May 24, 1969 in Trondheim) is a Norwegian novelist. He has earlier worked at a psychiatric clinic, and he has been a freelance journalist in Adresseavisen. Loe now lives and works in Oslo where he in 1998 was part of starting Screenwriters Oslo - an office community for screenwriters.
In 1993 he debuted with the book Tatt av Kvinnen and a year later published a children's book, Fisken, about a forklift driver named Kurt. Loe has a distinctive style of writing which is often characterized as naive. He often uses irony, exaggeration and humor. His children's books are illustrated by Kim Hiorthøy.
His popular novel Naiv. Super has been translated into 13 languages.
[edit] Bibliography
[edit] Novels
- Tatt av kvinnen (1993)
- Naive, Super (1996)
- L (1999)
- Fakta om Finland (2001)
- Doppler (2004)
- Volvo lastvagnar (2005)
- Muleum (2007)
[edit] Other works
- Fisken (1994), children's book
- Maria & José (1994), picture book
- Kurt blir grusom (1995), children's book
- Den store røde hunden (1996), children's book
- Kurt quo vadis? (1998), children's book
- Detektor (2000), film script
- Jotunheimen, bill.mrk. 2469 (2001), text to photographs by Bård Løken
- Kurt koker hodet (2003), play, also adapted into a children's book
- Pingvinhjelpen (2006), play
- Organisten (2006), with Petter Amundsen, non-fiction
| Persondata | |
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| NAME | Loe, Erlend |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Norwegian novelist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 24, 1969 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Trondheim, Norway |
| DATE OF DEATH | |
| PLACE OF DEATH | |
