Erlend Loe

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name = Erlend Loe

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occupation = Novelist
nationality = Norwegian
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Erlend Loe (born May 24, 1969 in Trondheim) is a Norwegian novelist. He has earlier worked at a psychiatric clinic, and he has been a freelance journalist in Adresseavisen. Loe now lives and works in Oslo where he in 1998 was part of starting "Screenwriters Oslo" - an office community for screenwriters.

In 1993 he debuted with the book "Tatt av Kvinnen" and a year later published a children's book, "Fisken", about a forklift driver named Kurt. Loe has a distinctive style of writing which is often characterized as naive. He often uses irony, exaggeration and humor. His children's books are illustrated by Kim Hiorthøy.

His popular novel "Naiv. Super" has been translated into 13 languages.

Bibliography

Novels

* "Tatt av kvinnen" (1993)
* "Naive, Super" (1996)
* "L" (1999)
* "Fakta om Finland" (2001)
* "Doppler" (2004)
* "Volvo lastvagnar" (2005)
* "Muleum" (2007)

Other works

* "Fisken" (1994), children's book
* "Maria & José" (1994), picture book
* "Kurt blir grusom" (1995), children's book
* "Den store røde hunden" (1996), children's book
* "Kurt quo vadis?" (1998), children's book
* "Detektor" (2000), film script
* "Jotunheimen, bill.mrk. 2469" (2001), text to photographs by Bård Løken
* "Kurt koker hodet" (2003), play, also adapted into a children's book
* "Pingvinhjelpen" (2006), play
* "Organisten" (2006), with Petter Amundsen, non-fiction

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SHORT DESCRIPTION=Norwegian novelist
DATE OF BIRTH=May 24, 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH=Trondheim, Norway
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