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Bjarne Reuter

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Bjarne Reuter

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1950-04-29 （Brønshøj）
Nationality
Denmark
Languages
Danish
Residence History
Brønshøj, Copenhagen, Denmark

Career

Occupations
writer, screenwriter, children's and young adult fiction author
Active Years
1975-2010

Awards

Ministry of Culture's children book prize
1977
Organization: Danish Ministry of Culture
Result: winner
Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis
2000
Work: En som Hodder
Category: best children's book
Result: winner
Hans Christian Andersen Award
2002
Organization: International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY)
Result: finalist
Hans Christian Andersen Award
2004
Organization: International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY)
Result: finalist

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Buster's World

1979 children's book

Story of boy Buster's daily life in Brønshøj.

childhood1950s
Adaptations
  • [TV series and movie] Buster's World (1980)
Translations
  • English translation available

Bibliography

  • Kidnapning (1975)
  • Rent guld i posen (1975)
  • Zappa (1977)
  • Buster's World (1979)
  • En som Hodder (1998)
  • The Ring of the Slave Prince (2003)

Adaptations

  • Buster's World (TV series and movie)

Translations of Works

  • English translations: Buster's World, The Boys from St. Petri, etc.

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Nostalgic depictions set in 1950s-1960sCopenhagen settingsChildren's and YA fiction
Recurring Motifs
Copenhagen areachildhood and adolescence1950s-1960s settings

Legacy

Prominent Danish children's author, twice shortlisted for Hans Christian Andersen Award.

In Popular Culture

  • Buster's World became popular Danish TV series and movie

Trivia

  • Many works set in his childhood neighborhood Brønshøj in 1950s-1960s.