Ragnar Hovland

Ragnar Hovland ( born April 15, 1952 in Bergen, Norway ) is a Norwegian writer, children's book author, translator and musician.

Life and work

Raised in Fusa and Luster, he attended high school ( vidergående skole ) in Stavanger and then studied at the University of Bergen Romance, English and Literature.

His debut novel Alltid fleire dagar appeared in 1979. Least since the publication of hovering over the waters (1982 ), he is considered one of the key authors of the Norwegian contemporary literature, especially the literature on Nynorsk.

Hovlands novels often play in his home Vestlandet and have numerous references to pop culture. Distinctive for its narrative style is the ambiguous fusion of seriousness and humor.

He is a translator of numerous children's books as well as plays and musicals. So he transferred, for example, works by Janosch, Erich Kästner, Christine Nöstlinger, Roald Dahl, Botho Strauss and Stephen Sondheim into Norwegian.

Musically, he is as a keyboardist and vocalist of the band Dei nye kapellanane have appeared.

Hovland is grandson of the bishop and Bible translator Ragnvald Indrebø.

Awards (selection)

  • Brageprisen 1992 A motorsykkel i natta
  • Critics pinches of 2001 and 2006 for egg vinterreise and Fredlaus
  • Bastia Award 2008 for the translation of Roald Dahl's The miracle cure
  • Doblougpreis 2008

Bibliography (selection)

  • Stille natt (2011)
  • Kunsten å 'm coming home og andre essay (2011)
  • Dr. Munk popleksikon (2008)
  • Fredlaus (2006)
  • 1964 (2006)
  • Brevet (2006)
  • Verdt å vite ( TRUR ec) (2002)
  • Norske gleder (2002)
  • An vinterreise (2001)
  • Psst!: Kubanske Notat (2000)
  • Aleine i Alpane (1999)
  • Halve mused inga. Tre versjonar (1998)
  • Detektivforteljing (1998)
  • Guillaume Apollinaire (1996 )
  • Norrøne gudar (1996 )
  • Dr. Munk testamente (1996 ) Dr. Munk's legacy (From the Norweg. Wolfgang Butt ) Earthscan, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-426-61941-5
  • Alfred the bear and Samuel the dog get out of the cardboard box (From the Norweg. Gabriele Haefs ) German paperback publishing house, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-423-62106-0
  • Paradise (From the Norweg. Wolfgang Butt ) Rogner and Bernhard, Hamburg 1997, ISBN 3-8077-0352-7
  • Sidings (From the Norweg. Wolfgang Butt ) Pettersson, Münster 1996, ISBN 3-930704-05-6
  • Emil and coffee making facilities (From the Norweg. Gabriele Haefs ) Carlsen, Hamburg 1999, ISBN 3-551-55123-5
  • Over the waters float (From the Norweg. Wolfgang Butt ) Earthscan, Munich 2001, ISBN 3-426-61861-3
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