Lars Göran Ingemar Norén (9 April 1944 – 26 January 2021) was a Swedish playwright, novelist and poet. 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.

Career

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

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to participate in Norén's play. He was a Sommarvärd on P1's "Sommar" on 19 June 2005. Norén was director at

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in Gothenburg between 2009 and 2011.

Death

Norén died on 26 January 2021, at the age of 76 after suffering from

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during the

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Awards

Norén received Aftonbladet's literary prize in 1971. In 2003, he won the Swedish Academy Nordic Prize, known as the 'little Nobel'."Lars Norén tog priset" – Expressen
Retrieved 26 February 2013

Works

* ''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) * ''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

External links

Art as an Underwater Bomb. A 42 minute interview with Lars Norén
Video by Louisiana Channel * *
Recordings of Lars Norén's productions
in the Online Archive of the

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