Michelet, Jon
Jon Michelet (b 1944) is one of the foremost Norwegian writers with a large body of literary work behind him; novels, plays, children’s books, crime novels and debate books. He is also renowned in Norway for his strong commitment to a number of political and cultural causes. He has worked as a journalist, publisher, sailor and editor. Since his debut in 1975 he has published 25 books, a number of which have been translated into several languages. His popularity is largely due to his ability to weld the format of the detective story to his own literary social criticism. He has also had great success with his books on the football World Cups of 1982, 1986, 1990 and 1994, written in collaboration with Dag Solstad. Some of his novels have been adapted both for film and television.
Eight of the eleven Thygesen books have been translated into German, and there are editions in several languages, among them Dutch and Spanish. Jon Michelet has received the Riverton Price for best Norwegian crime novel twice, for WHITE AS SNOW in 1980 and for THE FROZEN WOMAN in 2001.
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Photographer:
Finn Ståle FelbergSelected bibliography & translations
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| 2012 | En sjøens helt. Skogsmatrosen | A Hero of the Sea |
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| 2010 | Døden i Baugen | The Deadly Game |
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| 2009 | Snøfonnenes geograf | The Snowdrift Geographer |
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| 2008 | Mordet på Woldnes | The Murder at Woldnes |
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| 2007 | Havets velde | The Ocean Wide |
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| 2006 | Høyt mot nord, langt mot sør | High up to the North, Far to the South |
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| 2005 | Thygesen-fortellinger | Thygesen Stories |
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| 2003 | Aftensang i Alma Ata | Evensong in Alma Ata |
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| 2001 | Den frosne kvinnen | The Frozen Woman |
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| 1993 | Farvel til en prins | Farewell to a Prince |
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| 1989 | Thygesens terrorist | Thygesen's Terrorist |
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| 1988 | Le Coconut | Le Coconut |
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| 1986 | Vår afrikanske eksplosjon | Our African Explosion |
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| 1985 | Mannen på motorsykkelen | The Man on the Motorcycle |
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| 1984 | Panamaskipet | The Panama Ship |
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| 1982 | Terra Roxa | Terra Roxa |
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| 1981 | Den gule djevelens by | The City of the Yellow Devil |
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| 1980 | Hvit som snø | White as Snow |
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| 1977 | Tiger Bay | Tiger Bay |
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| 1977 | Orions belte | Orion's Belt |
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| 1976 | Jernkorset | The Iron Cross |
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| 1975 | Mellom barken og veden | Between a Rock and a Hard Place |
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| 1975 | Den druknes ei som henges skal | He who is Born to be Hanged Shall Never be Drowned |
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