Related:
Chuck Palahniuk,
Cormac McCarthy,
David Foster Wallace,
Don DeLillo,
Employment,
In Search of Lost Time,
Joan Didion,
Marcel Proust,
Nationality,
Norway,
Schibsted,
Store norske leksikon,
Tom Wolfe,
Vinduet (magazine),
| Henrik Helliesen Langeland |
| Born |
19 November 1972 (1972-11-19) (age 37)
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| Occupation |
Novelist |
| Nationality |
Norwegian |
| Notable work(s) |
Wonderboy (2003)
Av sporet er du kommet (2006, thesis)
Francis Meyers lidenskap (2007) |
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Influences
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- Marcel Proust, Cormac McCarthy, Joan Didion, Tom Wolfe, Chuck Palahniuk, David Foster Wallace and Don DeLillo
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Henrik H. Langeland (born 19 November 1972) is a Norwegian novelist and literary researcher.
His 2000 book debut, Requiem, is based on Marcel Proust's work. He followed with Wonderboy in 2003, a satirical novel from the financial milieu. His 2007 Francis Meyers lidenskap depicts the fictitious professor of philology Francis Meyer.[1] Wonderboy was a success in Norway, selling about 110,000 copies in its first four years.[2] Francis Meyers lidenskap sold 51,000 copies between August and September 2007.[3] His books have been published in seven countries.
Langeland has also worked as a management trainee in the company Schibsted. In 2005 he took over as editor-in-chief of the magazine Vinduet.[1]
In 2005 he finished his doctor's thesis, named Av sporet er du kommet. Romlige fremstillinger hos Marcel Proust. The subtitle translates to 'Spatial Representations by Marcel Proust', and the thesis specifically concerned Proust's In Search of Lost Time.[4]
In addition to Marcel Proust, Langeland has mentioned Cormac McCarthy, Joan Didion, Tom Wolfe, Chuck Palahniuk, David Foster Wallace and Don DeLillo as literary inspirations.[5]
In 2008 Langeland co-released Amerikanske tilstander with John Erik Riley and Mattis Øybø, an anthology of contemporary American literature.[1]
His upcoming novel, Verdensmestrene (The World Champions), is due to be published in September 2010 by the publishing house Tiden Norsk Forlag.
References
- ^ a b c Henriksen, Petter, ed (2007). "Henrik Langeland" (in Norwegian). Store norske leksikon. Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. http://www.snl.no/Henrik_Langeland. Retrieved 27 April 2009.
- ^ Kleve, Marie (6 August 2007). "Se kjendisene dramatisere Langelands nye bok" (in Norwegian). Dagbladet. http://www.dagbladet.no/kultur/2007/08/05/507895.html. Retrieved 27 April 2009.
- ^ Aagedal, Steffen; Hverven, Marit (19 September 2007). "Fordobling i salg av skjønnlitteratur" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/kultur/1.3513660. Retrieved 27 April 2009.
- ^ "- Prousts rom" (in Norwegian). University of Oslo. http://www.hf.uio.no/forskning/aktuelt/disputas_langeland.html. Retrieved 27 April 2009.
- ^ Børja, Maria (21 September 2007). "«Wonderboy» hjalp ham finne sin sjanger" (in Norwegian). Dagbladet. http://www.dagbladet.no/kultur/2007/09/13/511984.html. Retrieved 27 April 2009.
Additional info - part 2
Don DeLillo
Don DeLillo (born November 20, 1936) is an Italian-American author whose work paints a detailed portrait of American life in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. He currently lives near New York City.Employment
Employment is a contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. An employee may be defined as: "A person in the service of another under any contract of hire, express or implied, oral or written, where the employer has the power or right to control and direct the employee in the material details of how the work is to be performed." Black's Law Dictionary page 471 (5th ed. 1979).In Search of Lost Time
In Search of Lost Time or Remembrance of Things Past (French: À la recherche du temps perdu) is a semi-autobiographical novel in seven volumes by Marcel Proust. His most prominent work, it is popularly known for its extended length and the notion of involuntary memory, the most famous example being the "episode of the madeleine". The novel is still widely referred to in English as Remembrance of Things Past, but the title In Search of Lost Time, a more accurate rendering of the French, has gained in usage since D.J. Enright's 1992 revision of the earlier translation by C.K. Scott Moncrieff and Terence Kilmartin.Joan Didion
Joan Didion (born December 5, 1934) is an American author best known as a novelist and writer of personalized, journalistic essays. The disintegration of American morals and cultural chaos upon which her essays comment are explored more fully in her novels, where the overriding theme is individual and social fragmentation. A sense of anxiety or dread permeates much of her work.[1] ^ page up ^