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* ''Natten är dagens mor''
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* ''Kaos är granne med Gud''
* ''Kaos är granne med Gud''
* ''Bobby Fischer bor i Pasadena''
* ''Bobby Fischer bor i Pasadena''
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* Charlott Neuhauser
* Charlott Neuhauser
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* [[Annika Hallin]] (2007–2013)
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'''Lars Göran Ingemar Norén''' (9 April 1944 – 26 January 2021) was a Swedish playwright, novelist and poet.<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite encyclopedia | title=Lars Norén | encyclopedia=[[Nationalencyklopedin]] | language=Swedish | url=http://www.ne.se/lars-noren | accessdate=26 February 2013}}</ref> His plays are [[Realism (arts)|realistic]] and often revolve around family and personal relations, either among people who are impoverished and rooted at the bottom of society, or people who live in material comfort but emotional insecurity.<ref>{{cite book | last1 = Death, Petherick, Forsås-Scott | year = 1994 | title = A century of Swedish narrative: essays in honour of Karin Petherick | publisher = Norvik Press | page = 236 | isbn= 1870041275}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | last1 = Association | year = 1983 | title = Swedish Book Review | publisher = Swedish-English Literary Translators' Association | page = 48}}</ref>
[[File:Fragmente.jpg|thumb|Scene from Norén's play ''Fragmente'' at ''Riksteatern'' in 2012]]


==Career==
'''Lars Göran Ingemar Norén''' (9 April 1944 – 26 January 2021) was a Swedish playwright, novelist and poet.<ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite encyclopedia | title=Lars Norén | encyclopedia=[[Nationalencyklopedin]] | language=Swedish | url=http://www.ne.se/lars-noren | accessdate=26 February 2013}}</ref> His plays are [[Realism (arts)|realistic]] and often revolve around family and personal relations, either among those who are impoverished and rooted at the bottom of society, or those who live in material comfort but emotional insecurity.<ref>{{cite book | last1 = Death, Petherick, Forsås-Scott | year = 1994 | title = A century of Swedish narrative: essays in honour of Karin Petherick | publisher = Norvik Press | page = 236 | isbn= 1870041275}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | last1 = Association | year = 1983 | title = Swedish Book Review | publisher = Swedish-English Literary Translators' Association | page = 48}}</ref>
His first publication was a collection of poems - ''Syrener, snö'' (Lilac, snow) in 1963.<ref name="autogenerated1"/> He was among the contributors of ''[[Puss (magazine)|Puss]]'' satirical magazine in late 1960s.<ref>{{cite book|editor1=Tania Ørum|editor1-link=Tania Ørum

|editor2=Jesper Olsson|author=Lars Bang Larsen|chapter=Puss 1968–1973
== Career ==
|title=A Cultural History of the Avant-Garde in the Nordic Countries 1950-1975|year=2016
His first publication was a collection of poems - ''Syrener, snö'' (Lilac, snow) in 1963.<ref name=autogenerated1 />
|publisher=Brill Rodopi|location=Leiden; Boston|isbn=9789004310506|pages=789–793|volume=32|doi=10.1163/9789004310506_083
|chapter-url=https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004310506_083}}</ref>


Norén's play ''7:3'' became a centre of controversy, after the murders of two policemen in [[Malexander]] in 1999 (''The [[Malexander murders]]''). The culprits had received [[furlough]]s from their incarceration at [[Österåker Prison]] to participate in Norén's play.<ref>[http://www.ne.se/rep/lars-noren-människoforskaren "Lars Norén: Människoforskaren" – Nationalencyclopedin] Retrieved 26 February 2013</ref>
Norén's play ''7:3'' became a centre of controversy, after the murders of two policemen in [[Malexander]] in 1999 (''The [[Malexander murders]]''). The culprits had received [[furlough]]s from their incarceration at [[Österåker Prison]] to participate in Norén's play.<ref>[http://www.ne.se/rep/lars-noren-människoforskaren "Lars Norén: Människoforskaren" – Nationalencyclopedin] Retrieved 26 February 2013</ref>
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He was a [[Sommar (radio program)|Sommarvärd]] on [[P1 (Swedish radio station)|P1]]'s "Sommar" on 19 June 2005.<ref>[http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=2071&artikel=2726403 "Lars Norén" – Sveriges Radio] Retrieved 26 February 2013</ref>
He was a [[Sommar (radio program)|Sommarvärd]] on [[P1 (Swedish radio station)|P1]]'s "Sommar" on 19 June 2005.<ref>[http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=2071&artikel=2726403 "Lars Norén" – Sveriges Radio] Retrieved 26 February 2013</ref>


Norén was director at [[Folkteatern]] in Gothenburg between 2009 and 2011.<ref name=autogenerated1 />
Norén was director at [[Folkteatern]] in Gothenburg between 2009 and 2011.<ref name="autogenerated1" />


==Death==
He died on 26 January 2021, at the age of 76 after suffering from [[COVID-19]] during the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sverigesradio.se/artikel/lars-noren-dod|title=Dramatikern Lars Norén död - Kulturnytt i P1|first=Sveriges|last=Radio|website=Sveriges Radio|accessdate=26 January 2021}}</ref>
Norén died on 26 January 2021, at the age of 76, after suffering from [[COVID-19]] during the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://sverigesradio.se/artikel/lars-noren-dod|title=Dramatikern Lars Norén död - Kulturnytt i P1|newspaper=Sveriges Radio|date=26 January 2021 |accessdate=26 January 2021|language=sv|last1=Al-Khamisi |first1=Duraid }}</ref>


==Awards==
==Awards==
[[File:Lars Norén 2012-10-24 (cropped).jpg|thumb|Lars Norén in 2012]]
Norén received [[Aftonbladet]]'s literary prize in 1971.<ref>{{cite web |title=1971: Lars Norén |url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/kultur/a/BJxo29/1971-lars-noren |website=www.aftonbladet.se |publisher=[[Aftonbladet]] |date=9 March 2011 |access-date=26 January 2021}}</ref> In 2003, he won the [[Swedish Academy Nordic Prize]], known as the 'little Nobel'.<ref>[http://www.aftonbladet.se/kultur/article14227371.ab "Aase Berg får Aftonbladets litteraturpris"] Retrieved 26 February 2013</ref><ref>[http://www.expressen.se/noje/lars-noren-tog-priset/ "Lars Norén tog priset" – Expressen] Retrieved 26 February 2013</ref>
Norén received [[Aftonbladet]]'s literary prize in 1971.<ref>{{cite web |title=1971: Lars Norén |url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/kultur/a/BJxo29/1971-lars-noren |website=www.aftonbladet.se |publisher=[[Aftonbladet]] |date=9 March 2011 |access-date=26 January 2021}}</ref> In 2003, he won the [[Swedish Academy Nordic Prize]], known as the 'little Nobel'.<ref>[http://www.aftonbladet.se/kultur/article14227371.ab "Aase Berg får Aftonbladets litteraturpris"] Retrieved 26 February 2013</ref><ref>[http://www.expressen.se/noje/lars-noren-tog-priset/ "Lars Norén tog priset" – Expressen] Retrieved 26 February 2013</ref>


==Works==
==Works==
[[File:Fragmente.jpg|thumb|Scene from Norén's play ''Fragmente'' at ''Riksteatern'' in 2012]]
* ''Syrener, snö'' (1963)
* ''Syrener, snö'' (1963)
* ''De verbala resterna av en bildprakt som förgår'' (1964)
* ''De verbala resterna av en bildprakt som förgår'' (1964)
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== External links ==
== External links ==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20150703153113/http://channel.louisiana.dk/video/lars-nor%C3%A9n-art-underwater-bomb Art as an Underwater Bomb. A 42 minute interview with Lars Norén] Video by [[Louisiana Channel]]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20150703153113/http://channel.louisiana.dk/video/lars-nor%C3%A9n-art-underwater-bomb Art as an Underwater Bomb. A 42 minute interview with Lars Norén] Video by [[Louisiana Channel]]
* {{imdb name|id=0636424}}
* {{IMDb name|id=0636424}}
* {{Discogs artist|Lars Norén}}
* {{Discogs artist|Lars Norén}}
* [https://www.mediathek.at/redirect.json?hash=oa79adaX&no_cache=1&searchQuery=2144&cHash=7e8aeb42f3c6ff6561e378501fe3d5ce Recordings of Lars Norén's productions] in the Online Archive of the [[Österreichische Mediathek]] Retrieved 27. September 2022


{{Selma Lagerlöf Prize}}
{{Selma Lagerlöf Prize}}
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Latest revision as of 08:54, 20 April 2024

Lars Norén
Lars Norén photographed by Oliver Mark, Berlin 2003
Lars Norén photographed by Oliver Mark, Berlin 2003
BornLars Norén
(1944-04-09)9 April 1944
Stockholm, Sweden
Died26 January 2021(2021-01-26) (aged 76)
Stockholm, Sweden
NationalitySwedish
Period1963–2021
Notable works
  • Natten är dagens mor
  • Kaos är granne med Gud
  • Bobby Fischer bor i Pasadena
Spouses
Children
  • Linda
  • Nelly
  • Sasha

Lars Göran Ingemar Norén (9 April 1944 – 26 January 2021) was a Swedish playwright, novelist and poet.[1] His plays are realistic and often revolve around family and personal relations, either among people who are impoverished and rooted at the bottom of society, or people who live in material comfort but emotional insecurity.[2][3]

Career

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His first publication was a collection of poems - Syrener, snö (Lilac, snow) in 1963.[1] He was among the contributors of Puss satirical magazine in late 1960s.[4]

Norén's play 7:3 became a centre of controversy, after the murders of two policemen in Malexander in 1999 (The Malexander murders). The culprits had received furloughs from their incarceration at Österåker Prison to participate in Norén's play.[5]

He was a Sommarvärd on P1's "Sommar" on 19 June 2005.[6]

Norén was director at Folkteatern in Gothenburg between 2009 and 2011.[1]

Death

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Norén died on 26 January 2021, at the age of 76, after suffering from COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden.[7]

Awards

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Lars Norén in 2012

Norén received Aftonbladet's literary prize in 1971.[8] In 2003, he won the Swedish Academy Nordic Prize, known as the 'little Nobel'.[9][10]

Works

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Scene from Norén's play Fragmente at Riksteatern in 2012
  • Syrener, snö (1963)
  • De verbala resterna av en bildprakt som förgår (1964)
  • Inledning nr: 2 till SCHIZZ (1965)
  • Encyklopedi (1966)
  • Stupor. Nobody knows you when you're down and out (1968)
  • Salome, Sfinxerna. Roman om en tatuerad flicka (1968) ISBN 9789143503401
  • Revolver (1969)
  • Biskötarna (1970)
  • I den underjordiska himlen (1972)
  • Solitära dikter (1972)
  • Kung Mej och andra dikter (1973)
  • Dagliga och nattliga dikter (1974)
  • Dagbok (1976)
  • Nattarbete (1976)
  • Order (1978)
  • Murlod (1979)
  • Den ofullbordade stjärnan (1979)
  • Hjärta i hjärta (1980)
  • Tre skådespel (1980)
  • Två skådespel (1983)
  • Endagsvarelser (1990)
  • Och ge oss skuggorna (1991)
  • Tre borgerliga kvartetter (1992)
  • De döda pjäserna I-IV (1995)
  • Personkrets 3:1 (The Human Circle 3:1) (1998)
  • Skuggpojkarna (Shadow Boys) (1999)
  • 7:3 (1999)
  • Salome, Sfiinxerna (2001)
  • Stilla vatten (Still Water) (2002)
  • Detaljer (Details) (2002)
  • Kyla (Cold) (2003)
  • Vinterförvaring (Winter Storage) (2003)
  • Le 20 novembre (2006)

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Lars Norén". Nationalencyklopedin (in Swedish). Retrieved 26 February 2013.
  2. ^ Death, Petherick, Forsås-Scott (1994). A century of Swedish narrative: essays in honour of Karin Petherick. Norvik Press. p. 236. ISBN 1870041275.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ Association (1983). Swedish Book Review. Swedish-English Literary Translators' Association. p. 48.
  4. ^ Lars Bang Larsen (2016). "Puss 1968–1973". In Tania Ørum; Jesper Olsson (eds.). A Cultural History of the Avant-Garde in the Nordic Countries 1950-1975. Vol. 32. Leiden; Boston: Brill Rodopi. pp. 789–793. doi:10.1163/9789004310506_083. ISBN 9789004310506.
  5. ^ "Lars Norén: Människoforskaren" – Nationalencyclopedin Retrieved 26 February 2013
  6. ^ "Lars Norén" – Sveriges Radio Retrieved 26 February 2013
  7. ^ Al-Khamisi, Duraid (26 January 2021). "Dramatikern Lars Norén död - Kulturnytt i P1". Sveriges Radio (in Swedish). Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  8. ^ "1971: Lars Norén". www.aftonbladet.se. Aftonbladet. 9 March 2011. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  9. ^ "Aase Berg får Aftonbladets litteraturpris" Retrieved 26 February 2013
  10. ^ "Lars Norén tog priset" – Expressen Retrieved 26 February 2013
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