Anders Bodelsen (11 February 1937 – 17 October 2021) was a Danish writer primarily associated with the 1960 new-realism wave in Danish literature, along with
Christian Kampmann
Christian Peter Georg Kampmann (24 July 1939 in Hellerup – 13 September 1988 on Læsø) was a Danish writer and journalist. His novels are mainly about the middle and upper classes in the post war time and until the 1980s. The books are mainly ab ...
and
Henrik Stangerup
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. Bodelsen preferred the social-realistic style of writing, often thrillers about middle-class people who face the consequences of materialism, which often clashes with their human values. His thrillers also experiment with ordinary persons tempted by e.g. theft and border-morale issues.
Most known is Bodelsen's novel ''Think of a Number'' (''Tænk på et tal'', 1968) filmed as ''
The Silent Partner
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'' in 1978. Also widely known is his cooperation with Danish National Television (
Danmarks Radio
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) on the filming of some of his children's thrillers, e.g. ''
Guldregn'' ("Golden Rain", 1986).
Furthermore, he also made some lesser known radio plays.
He had a very brief cameo in the second of the ''
Olsen-banden
The ''Olsen Gang'' ( da, Olsen-banden, no, Olsenbanden, german: Die Olsenbande) is a Danish comedy film series created by Danish director Erik Balling and special effects expert Henning Bahs about the eponymous fictional criminal gang. The gang's ...
'' series of films, ''
Olsen-banden på spanden
''The Olsen Gang in a Fix'' ( da, Olsen-banden på spanden) is a 1969 Danish comedy film directed by Erik Balling and starring Ove Sprogøe. The film was the second in the ''Olsen-banden''-series.
Plot
After yet another unsuccessful robbery Ego ...
''.
Bodelsen died on 17 October 2021. He was 84 years old.
Bibliography
Novels
*1959 - ''De lyse nætters tid''
*1964 - ''Villa Sunset''
*1965 - " drivhuset"
*1968 - ''Hændeligt uheld''; English translation: ''Hit and Run, Run, Run'' (1970);
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*1968 - ''Tænk på et tal''; English translation: ''Think of a Number'' (1969)
*1969 - ''Frysepunktet''; English translation: ''Freezing Down'' (1971)
*1970 - ''Ferie''
*1971 - ''Straus''; English translation: ''Straus'' (1974)
*1971 - ''Hjælp''
*1972 - ''Pigerne på broen''
*1973 - ''Bevisets stilling''; English translation: ''Consider the Verdict'' (1976)
*1974 - ''Alt hvad du ønsker dig''
*1975 - ''Blæsten i Alleen''
*1975 - ''Operation Cobra''; English translation: ''Operation Cobra'' (1979)
*1976 - ''Pengene og livet''
*1977 - ''De gode tider''
*1978 - ''År for år''
*1980 - ''Borte, borte''
*1982 - ''Over regnbuen''
*1984 - ''Domino''
*1985 - ''Revision''
*1986 - ''Guldregn''
*1988 - ''Mørklægning'';
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The Award is named after Martin ...
*1989 - ''Byen uden ildebrande''
*1991 - ''Rød september''
*1993 - ''Farligt bryg''
*1997 - ''Den åbne dør''
*2009 - ''Varm luft''
References
External links
About the author: Litteraturnet*
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1937 births
2021 deaths
Danish male screenwriters
Danish crime fiction writers
People from Copenhagen
20th-century Danish male writers
21st-century Danish male writers