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Ingvar Ambjørnsen

イングヴァル・アンブヨルンセン

Ingvar Ambjørnsen

Aliases: Ingvar Even Ambjørnsen-Haefs

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1956-05-20 （Tønsberg）
Died
2025-07-19 （Norway） age 69
Nationality
Norwegian
Languages
Norwegian
Residence History
Tønsberg, Norway → Larvik, Norway → Hamburg, Germany → Norway (2025)

Career

Occupations
Novelist
Active Years
1981-2025
Influenced By
Franklin W. Dixon

Awards

Brage Prize
1995
Organization: Brage Prize committee
Result: 受賞
Telenor Culture Award
2002
Organization: Telenor
Result: 受賞
Tabu prize
2001
Result: 受賞
Norwegian Booksellers Association prize
1980
Work: Pelle og Proffen series
Category: 児童・YA部門
Organization: Norwegian Booksellers Association
Result: 受賞
Cappelen Prize
1988
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Elling tetralogy

1993 Novel

Elling tetralogy: Utsikt til paradiset (1993), Fugledansen (1995), Brødre i blodet (1996), Elsk meg i morgen (1999).

outsidermental health
Adaptations
  • [Film] Elling (2001)
Translations
  • Beyond the Great Indoors

Bibliography

  • 23-salen (1981), Den siste revejakta (1983), Hvite niggere (1987), Brødre i blodet (1996), Innocentia Park (2004), etc.

Adaptations

  • Brødre i blodet adapted to Elling film (2001, Oscar nomination)

Translations of Works

  • Samson and Roberto books popular in Russia

Style & Themes

Literary Style
outsider perspective
Recurring Motifs
mental healthsocial margins

Health

  • COPD
    晩年
    Severe, battled until death

Legacy

Prominent Norwegian writer, known for Elling tetralogy.

In Popular Culture

  • Elling film Oscar-nominated

Trivia

  • Married to German translator Gabriele Haefs.
  • Honorary citizen of Larvik in 2009.