Jacques Werup

Jacques gates Werup ( born January 14, 1945 in Malmö) is a Swedish musician, author, poet, stage artist and screenwriter.

Life

The versatile Werup Jacques was born in 1945 in Malmö and is a friend of Mikael Wiehe since early childhood. In 1971 he made ​​his debut as a writer. Today Werup has published more than thirty books in the form of collections of poems, novels, travel books and essays.

In simple terms, the poet Werup the reader can almost bring profound thought. Pathos and the great emotions change with irony and lightness. One finds in his works elegiac effusions on the transience of the world and is embedded humorous stories of everyday life from Scania. Because of this emotional range has been compared him with his namesake Jacques Brel and also with Leonard Cohen. In 1996, the novel was the ofullbordade himlen ( The unfinished sky) about Elsa Andersson, Sweden's first female pilot and parachutist published in the early 20th century. The book partly forms the basis of Jan Troell's film Så vit som en snö ( As White as Snow ), to the Werup together with Troell wrote the screenplays. The film was awarded a Guldbagge for the best film of 2001.

Werups poetry is commonly associated with jazz in conjunction. He played with Frans Sjöström in the Werup - Sjöström group. In later years he worked several times with the composer Michael Saxell and levande on poetry and music concert Turneen as brat mig lite (Mach ' me a little more alive ) with Lill Lindfors and En känsla av ljus ( A feeling of light) with Mats Ronander. With the pianist and composer Rolf Sersam, with the Werup since the 70s, working together, and drummer Johan Bergström he undertakes poetic and musical reflections on joy and pain in life.

Works

  • Returbiljett Poland ( 1971)
  • Ett å ... Två å ... å Tre ... Fyr! (1971)
  • Swot (1972 )
  • Tides i Malmö, på jorden (1974 )
  • Swiss Made (1975 )
  • Fläckar av liv (1977 )
  • Casanovas Senare resor (1979 )
  • 48 dikter från Österlen (1980 )
  • Hemstaden (1981)
  • The skräddarsydda care (1982 )
  • L' heure bleue (1983 )
  • Shimon offs längtan (1983 )
  • Mellan rotfrukt och måne (1983 )
  • Boulevarder och fågelsträck ( tolkningar ) ( 1984)
  • Vem är Nora Prentiss? (1984)
  • Från parch till Hemligheten (1985 )
  • Hand baggage (1986 )
  • The sjungande kroppen (1986 )
  • Stjärnan i periferin (1987 )
  • Pornografens död (1988 )
  • The elektroniska synden (1989 )
  • Ögonhöjd I (1990)
  • Septemberljus (1990)
  • Dikter (1991 )
  • 42 minuter från Paris ( 1992)
  • Det omvända Skriket ( tolkningar ) ( 1992)
  • Aptiten och ledan (1994 )
  • The ofullbordade himlen (1996 )
  • Det stora preludiet (1997)
  • Människan är vem som helst (1998)
  • Hemmavid (1999)
  • Oldboy (2000)
  • Lev length, dö ung ( 2001)
  • Provliv 1-10 (2002)

Screenplays

  • N.P. Möller, fastighetsskötare (1972 )
  • Så vit som en snö (2001)

Prizes and awards

  • Large Roman Price promotion of literature, 1980
  • Pirate Prize, 1989
  • Lengertz Prize for Literature, 1991
  • Culture Prize of the City of Malmö, 1995
  • Winter price of the Nine, 1996
  • Ferlin Prize, 1997
  • Grand Prize of the Nine, 2006
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