Øystein Lønn

Øystein Lønn ( born April 12, 1936 in Kristiansand ) is a Norwegian journalist and writer who for Hva skal vi gjøre i dag og andre noveller In 1996 for the story collections Thranes metode og andre noveller 1993 Critics pinches and the Literature Prize of the Nordic Council.

Life

Lønn made ​​his literary debut in 1966 with Prosesjonen, one influenced by existentialism and Ernest Hemingway collection of stories. Yet his narrative style was neutral and marked by "open" texts containing the puzzles without solutions described. The following books Kontinentene (1967 ), the science fiction Arkeologene (1971 ) and the narrative history of the band (1973 ) are socially critical texts in an experimental form. In the published 1975 Hirtshals Hirtshals is a major work of Norwegian prose of the 1970s and gave a fragmented reality in an appropriate form.

With Veien til Cordoba ( 1981) began Lønn a new literary phase, in which he dealt with social and psychological motives less realistic, and often combined with elements of detective fiction. In Tom Reber's siste retrett (1988 ), the portrait of a bankrupt shipowner, the art of his allusions is most pronounced. Thomas Ribes femte sak (1991 ) is a detective novel closest to where the eponymous investigators finally lost his life - which remains open, why and by whom. He was awarded the Doblougpreis 1992.

Metode For the subsequent story collections Thranes og andre noveller (1993 ) he received in 1993 the critics prizes and for Hva skal vi gjøre i dag og andre noveller (1995 ) 1996 Literature Prize of the Nordic Council. Both collections were characterized by a minimalism that influenced the Norwegian prose literature of the subsequent years shall prevail.

In his novel Maren Gripe nødvendige ritualistic (1999) he moved the location of the action on an island municipality in southwestern Norway. With Ifølge Sofia in 2001 he published the first volume of a trilogy that continued with Simens stormer (2003) and Etter Sofia ( 2010) came to an end. In this trilogy, Lønn showed here is at its best.

In between was released in 2006 Plutselig landligge, a distinctive " literary novel" whose lyrics represented a wide habitat between people and explored and moved in a landscape where it was not clear whether this happened in a dream or in reality.

Publications

  • Project Lindesnes ( original title Bjanders travel ), ISBN 3-926099-01-1, 1987
  • Reber (AKA Tom Reber's siste retrett ), ISBN 3-926099-14-3, 1989
  • Thomas Ribes fifth case (AKA Thomas Ribes femte sak ), ISBN 3-926099-24-0, 1994
  • Maren Gripe necessary rituals ( original title Maren Gripe nødvendige ritualistic ), ISBN 3-8270-0363-6, 2001
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