Nikolaj Frobenius

Nikolaj Frobenius (born September 29, 1965) is a Norwegian novelist and screen writer.

Frobenius was born in Oslo, but grew up at Rykkinn. He studied film writing and research at LCP, London. He has written several books and screenplays, including the screenplay for the classic nordic film thriller Insomnia, which was adapted into a major Hollywood production in 2002. His international breakthrough as a novelist came with the novel "Latours katalog" (1996). His books have been translated into seventeen languages, including English, French, Spanish, Italian, German, Russian and Danish. His novels have received critical acclaim both in Norway and internationally, and he has won serveral literary prices for his writing. Nikolaj Frobenius is a former editor of the periodical Vinduet and worked as a commisioning editor for Norsk filmfond from 2005-2008. Frobenius has written serveral sucsessful screenplays, including "Øyenstikker" (Dragon Flies) (2002). In 2011 he adapted his own novel, the semi-autobiograhical "Teori og praksis" into the film "Sønner av Norge" (Sons of Norway). He lives and writes in Oslo.

Bibliography

• Virvl (1986, poems)
• Den unge Villiam Oxenstiernes lysende kjærlighet (1989)
• Helvetesfabel (1991)
• Latours katalog
• Insomnia (1997, screen play)
• Den sjenerte pornografen
• Øyenstikker (screen play, with Marius Holst - 2001)
• Andre steder (2001)
• Det aller minste (2003)
• Teori og praksis (2004)
• En folkefiende (screen play re-adaption, 2005)
• Herlige nederlag: artikler og intervjuer om litteratur og film (2007)
• Jeg skal vise dere frykten (2008)

"Så høyt var du elsket" (2011)

References

• Writer profile at Aftenposten (Norwegian)
• Nikolaj Frobenius on imdb.com

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Date of birth	September 29, 1965
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