Ola Bauer
Ola Bauer | |
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Born | Oslo, Norway | 24 July 1943
Died | 12 June 1999 | (aged 55)
Occupation | novelist, playwright, journalist |
Nationality | Norwegian |
Notable works | Graffiti (1976) Humlehjertene (1980) Rosapenna (1983) |
Ola Bauer (24 July 1943 – 12 June 1999) was a Norwegian novelist and playwright. He made his literary debut with the novel Graffiti in 1976, under the pseudonym Jo Vendt. Among his best known books are Humlehjertene (1980), Rosapenna (1983), and Metoden (1985). Bauer was awarded Gyldendal's Endowment in 1982, and the Dobloug Prize in 1998.[1] He died of cancer in 1999.
Early life
Bauer was born 24 July 1943 in
Bauer started his literary career translating short stories from
Literary career
Bauer had grown up with the notion that his father was a war hero, having died as a
Bauer published the freestanding sequel to Graffiti, Bulk (1978), under his own name.
Bauer's last novels would revolve around Tom, who starts out as a ten-year-old in Hestehodetåken (1992), and returns as a teenager in Svartefot (1995), and a twenty-year-old in Magenta (1997). Bauer referred to the books as "a reluctant trilogy".[13] In the fourth novel in the series, Forløperen (1999), Tom returns to Norway after spending forty years traveling abroad. The book was finished while Bauer was terminally ill, and released posthumously.[14]
Aside from his novels, Bauer was also a playwright. Two of his plays, Vesper (1987) and Brendan (1993), depict the conflict in Northern Ireland.[15]
Death and legacy
Bauer died 12 June 1999, having been diagnosed with cancer one and a half years before then.
Bauer had been involved in a dramatic television production, Jakttid, but as his condition worsened, he prioritized finishing his last novel, Forløperen.[16] It was published 26 August 1999.[14] Three years later, an anthology was published in Bauer's honor.[17] Bauers bok, edited by Lars Saabye Christensen, contained contributions by among others Christensen, Kjartan Fløgstad, Espen Haavardsholm, Per Petterson, Dag Solstad, and Tove Nilsen. He was described by Solstad as extremely well-read, being particularly interested in authors like Louis-Ferdinand Céline and Jean Genet. In the anthology, Petterson compared Bauer's protagonists to Holden Caulfield of The Catcher in the Rye, a novel important to Bauer.[18]
Bauer was survived by his wife Anne Gun,[19] and his daughter, Anya Bauer Hartmark, born in 1972. Bauer had wanted her to be named "Mulele", after Pierre Mulele, and Bauer and his friends would refer to her using the nickname Mulle as a tribute to the Congolese revolutionary.[11]
Bibliography
Novels
- Graffiti (1976)
- Bulk (1978)
- Humlehjertene (1980)
- Rosapenna (1983)
- Metoden (1985)
- Løvetemmersken (1988)
- Hestehodetåken (1992)
- Svartefot (1995)
- Magenta (1997)
- Forløperen (1999)
Plays
- Mellomkrig (1986)
- Vesper (1987)
- Brendan (1993)
- Mater (1994)
References
- ^ "Nordiske priser" (in Norwegian). Bærum Public Library. Archived from the original on 24 October 2007. Retrieved 16 February 2009.
- ^ a b c Røssaak Nilsen, Børge; Nils Bjåland (13 August 1995). "Speil-vender sin fortid" (in Norwegian). Verdens Gang.
- ^ a b c Hansen, Jan E. (20 March 1993). "Lørdagsportrettet - Kall meg en varmesøkende rakett" (in Norwegian). Aftenposten.
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(help) - ^ a b Havers, Kitty (20 October 1980). "Sans for svart humor" (in Norwegian). Verdens Gang.
- ^ "Barndom i kveldens Pan" (in Norwegian). Verdens Gang. 22 October 1976.
- ^ Petersen, Roar (6 October 1976). "Graffiti" (in Norwegian). Verdens Gang.
- ^ Korsvold, Kaja (13 June 1999). "Ola Bauer døde i går" (in Norwegian). Aftenposten.
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(help) - ^ Store norske leksikon. Retrieved 28 February 2010.
- ^ Petersen, Roar (14 November 1978). "Situasjon" (in Norwegian). Verdens Gang.
- ^ a b c Lystad, Magne; Gunnar Ruud (25 April 1983). "Hatets Land" (in Norwegian). Verdens Gang.
- ^ a b Gjerstad, Tore (7 April 2001). "Jakten på pappas Belfast" (in Norwegian). Dagbladet.
- ^ Heyerdahl, Johan Fr. (2 September 1985). "Kulden dreper" (in Norwegian). Aftenposten.
- ^ Ullmann, Linn (7 May 1997). "- Sannheten er drit kjedelig" (in Norwegian). Dagbladet.
- ^ a b Ottesen, Svein Johs (26 August 1999). "Historiene var hans hjem" (in Norwegian). Aftenposten.
- ^ Enger, Ruth Krefting (9 June 1993). "Dyktige amatører på ekte kaféteater" (in Norwegian). Aftenposten.
- ^ Bull Tuhus, Oddvar (18 June 1999). "Nekrolog Ola Bauer" (in Norwegian). Aftenposten.
- Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 28 February 2010.
- ^ Braanen, Bjørgulv (16 October 2002). "Tomrommet etter Bauer" (in Norwegian). Klassekampen. Retrieved 28 February 2010.
- ^ Christensen, Lars Saabye; Niels Fredrik Dahl, Jan Jakob Tønseth, Erland Kiøsterud (13 June 1999). "Minneord Ola Bauer" (in Norwegian). Aftenposten.
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