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Tormod Haugen

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Tormod Haugen

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1945-05-12 (Nybergsund, Trysil Municipality, Hedmark county, Norway)
Died
2008-10-18 age 63
Nationality
Norwegian
Languages
Norwegian
Residence History
Nybergsund, Norway

Career

Occupations
children's books writer, translator
Active Years
1973-2008
Affiliations
Munch Museum
Nominations
Nominated for Nordic Council Literature Prize (1984), Nominated for Norwegian Booksellers' Prize (1997), Nominated for Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award (2005)

Education

Hamar Cathedral School
Period: -1965
Year of Graduation: 1965
Country: Norway

Awards

Hans Christian Andersen Medal
1990
Category: 執筆部門
Organization: International Board on Books for Young People
Result: 受賞
Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature
1979
Result: 受賞
Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis
1979
Result: 受賞
Gyldendal's Endowment
1980
Result: 受賞
Bastian Prize
1988
Category: 児童・YA本
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Ikke som i fjor

1973 Children's literature

Debut work.

lonely child

Joakim

1979 Children's literature
child disregarded by adult world

Bibliography

  • Ikke som i fjor
  • Til sommeren – kanskje
  • Nattfuglene
  • Zeppelin
  • Synnadrøm
  • Joakim
  • Slottet Det Hvite
  • Dagen som forsvant
  • Vinterstedet
  • Romanen om Merkel Hansen og Donna Winter og den store flukten
  • Farlig ferd
  • Skriket fra jungelen
  • Øglene kommer
  • Tsarens juveler
  • På sporet av frøken Detektiv
  • Georg og Gloria (og Edvard)
  • Hjerte og smerte (og Taj Mahal)
  • Hellou og guddbai (og høstens regn)
  • Luftvandreren
  • I lyset fra fullmånen
  • Prinsusse Klura og dragen
  • Doris Day og tordnvær

Translations by Author

  • Translated C.S. Lewis's Narnia books into Norwegian

Translations of Works

  • Books sold to 26 countries, translated into 24 languages

Style & Themes

Literary Style
experimental and innovativeelements from Norwegian folk tales and mythsinternational children's literary traditions
Recurring Motifs
lonely child disregarded by adult worldsituations outside control

Legacy

One of the most acclaimed writers of children's literature in Scandinavia with international recognition including Hans Christian Andersen Award.