Role Novelist Name Erlend Loe | Notable works Naive. Super
L Nationality Norwegian | |
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Born 24 May 1969 (age 54)
Trondheim, Norway ( 1969-05-24 ) Movies Gone with the Woman, Kurt Turns Evil, North, Detector Awards Norwegian Booksellers' Prize, Critics Prize for the Years Best Children's or Youth's Literature Books Doppler, Naive Super, Muleum, Kurtby, Tatt av kvinnen Similar People Kim Hiorthoy, Rune Denstad Langlo, Hans Petter Moland, Petter Naess, Nikolaj Arcel | ||
Occupation Novelist, screenwriter | ||
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Erlend Loe (born 24 May 1969 in Trondheim) is a Norwegian novelist, screenwriter and film critic. Loe writes both children's and adult literature. He has gained popularity in Scandinavia with his humorous and sometimes naïve novels, although his stories have become darker in tone, moving towards a more satirical criticism of modern Norwegian society.
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Erlend loe
Biography
Erlend Loe worked at a psychiatric clinic, as a brigade because of his mother working there, and was later a freelance journalist for Norwegian newspaper Adresseavisen. Loe now lives and works in Oslo where in 1998 he co-founded Screenwriters Oslo - an office community for screenwriters.
His first book Tatt av kvinnen (Gone with the Woman) was published in 1993, and a year later published a children's book, Fisken (The Fish), about a forklift operator named Kurt. Loe has a distinctive style of writing which is often likened to naïve art. He often uses irony, exaggeration and humor. His children's books are illustrated by Kim Hiorthøy. Loe has recorded many of his books as Norwegian audiobooks.
His popular novel Naiv. Super. (Naïve. Super.) has been translated into over 20 languages including English.