2022 Theo Hakola is a singer/songwriter/musician and novelist born (1954) and raised in

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USA. In 1978 he settled in

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. He is of

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and

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descent.

Books

* ''Non romanesque'', nonfiction and photos published in French b
Les Fondeurs de Briques
(May 2022) * ''Over The Volcano'', novel published in French translation b
Actes Sud
(March 2022) as ''Sur le volcan'' * ''The Snake Pit'', novel published in French translation by

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(September 2016) as ''Idaho Babylone'' * ''Rakia'', novel published in French translation by Éditions Intervalles (2011) * ''The Blood of Souls'', novel published in French translation as ''Le Sang des âmes'' by Éditions Intervalles (2008) * ''Blood Streams'', novel published in French translation as ''La Valse des Affluents'' by Le Serpent à Plumes (2003) and in Finnish by WSOY (2005) * ''The Way of Blood'', novel published in French translation as ''La Route du Sang'' by Le Serpent à Plumes (2001) and in Finnish by WSOY (2002)

Music

Albums

Solo

* ''Water Is Wet'' (Wobbly Ashes Records/Microcultures/Médiapop Records, 2020) - https://microcultures-records.fr/artist/theo-hakola/ * ''I Fry Mine in Butter'' (Wobbly Ashes Records/Médiapop Records, 2016) * ''This Land is Not Your Land'' (Wobbly Ashes Records/Disques du 7e ciel, 2012) * ''Drunk Women and Sexual Water'' (Wobbly Ashes Records/Anticraft, 2007) * ''La Chanson du Zorro Andalou'' (Grosse Rose/Kerig, 2000) * ''Overflow'' (Grosse Rose/Musidisc, 1997) * ''The Confession'' (Absinthe/Bondage-France, 1995) * ''Hunger of a Thin Man'' (Bondage-France, 1994)

With Passion Fodder

* ''And Bleed That River Dry 1985-1991'' ( Barclay/ PolyGram-France/ Beggars Banquet-World, 1998) * ''Songs Sacred and Profane 1985-1991'' (Barclay/PolyGram-France/Beggars Banquet-World, 1993) * ''What Fresh Hell is This?'' (Barclay/PolyGram-France/Beggars Banquet-World, 1991) * ''Woke Up This Morning'' (Barclay/PolyGram-France/Beggars Banquet-World, 1989) * ''Love, Waltzes and Anarchy'' (Barclay/PolyGram-France/Beggars Banquet-World, 1987) * ''Fat Tuesday'' (Barclay/PolyGram-France/Beggars Banquet-World, 1986) * ''Hard Words from a Soft Mouth'' (Barclay/PolyGram-France/Beggars Banquet-World, 1985)

With Orchestre Rouge

* ''More Passion Fodder'' (

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-France, 1983) * ''Yellow Laughter' (RCA-France, 1982)

Production

*Noir Désir - "Où veux-tu que je r'garde ?" (Barclay/PolyGram-France) –1987 *E.V. - "Reuz" (Lola Label/PolyGramFrance) – 1994 *Les Hurleurs - "Bazar" (Barclay/Universal) – 1996 *Les Malpolis - "La Fin du retour de la chanson" (Willing/Mosaic Music) – 2005 *Gecko Palace – "Tout va si bien" (New Track Music) – 2008

Film music

*"Babel metropolite," directed by Beajena Borakova – 1988 *" Peaux de vaches," dir.

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– 1989 *"Perpetua," dir. Claudia Neubern – 1999 *"La Fille préférée," dir. Lou Jeunet – 1999 *"Les Petites Mains," dir. Lou Jeunet – 2001 *" The Wind", dir. Victor Söjström (ciné-concert) - 2007 *"La Vallée de larmes," dir. Agathe Dronne – 2011 *"Au bonheur des dames", dir. Julien Duvivier (ciné-concert) - 2013

Theatre

*"Idaho Babylone," (Theo Hakola) scored reading based on the novel, with

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, Bénédicte Villain and Simon Texier; author/composer/musician... Grenoble, Frontignan – 2017 *"

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," (

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) composer/musician – MC93-Bobigny – 20013. Directed by Nicolas Bigards. *"Rakia," (Theo Hakola) scored reading based on the novel, with Dominique Reymond; author/composer/musician... Dijon – 2013 *"Sur la route," scored reading based on Jack Kerouac's '' On The Road'', composer/musician... Manosque, Toulouse, Grenoble, Caen, Vendôme, Vincennes, Rennes – 2012–2015... *"La Ballade de Carson Clay," (Theo Hakola) scored reading based on ''La Valse des affluents'', author/composer/musician... Grenoble, Bobigny – 2011-2015 *"L'Invention du monde," (

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) – composer/musician – at the MC93-Bobigny – 2010. Directed by Michel Deutsch. *"Chroniques du bord de scène - Hello America," 2009/10, followed by "USA, d'après Dos Passos" – composer/musician/actor – at the MC93-Bobigny – 2009/10. Directed by Nicolas Bigards. *"Le Chant des âmes," scored reading based on ''Le Sang des âmes'', author/composer/musician... Finnish Cultural Center, Paris – 2009. *"

La Thébaïde ''La Thébaïde'' (''The Thebaid'', ''The Thebans'' or ''The Theban Brothers'') is a tragedy in five acts (with respectively 6, 4, 6, 3 and 6 scenes) in verse by Jean Racine first presented, without much success, on June 20, 1664, at the Palais- ...

" (

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) – composer/musician, Centre dramatique national de Montreuil and the Atelier du Rhin in Colmar – October/Novembre 2007. Directed by Sandrine Lanno. *" Ellen Foster" (

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) – composer/musician and translator in

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(Festival Frictions) and

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(l’Aéronef) – 2002 then, as co-director,

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(l’Échangeur) and

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(Théâtre de la Renaissance) – 2005. *"Les Chansons de ‘La Valse des affluents’" (Theo Hakola) scored reading based on the novel, author/composer/musician...

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, Poitiers – 2004, and Lyon – 2005. *"Une Dizaine de morts," (based on the works of

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), adapter-author/composer/musician... Lyon, Manosque – 2003, Paris, Lille – 2004 *"La Chanson du Zorro andalou" (Theo Hakola) – author/actor/composer/director, 1999–2000, Rennes, Lille, Paris... *" Mahagonny" ( Bertolt Brecht/ Kurt Weill) – actor (Alaskawolf Joe), Paris and on tour in France... – 1983 Directed by Hans-Peter Cloos.

Radio/Journalism

*D.J./producer on

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(RMC Côte d'Azur),

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, Radio Nova and Radio Cité 96. *Publication of articles on European culture and politics in

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and in Cinéaste (USA) and in La Règle du jeu, Libération, Actuel, Globe,

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... (France).

Education

*The

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– 1975/76 *B.A. in Political History –

Antioch College Antioch College is a private liberal arts college in Yellow Springs, Ohio. Founded in 1850 by the Christian Connection, the college began operating in 1852 as a non-sectarian institution; politician and education reformer Horace Mann was its ...

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– 1977

Other work

*Film actor: (agent: Sophie Barrois/Agence Oz) Pictures, Florent Quint (2011), Suerte, Jacques Séchaud (2010); The Portuguese Man O' War, Lauren Makael (2008); Une Famille parfaite, Pierre Trividic (2006);

Ma Mère ''Ma Mère'' ( en, My Mother, italic=yes) is a 2004 erotic drama film written and directed by Christophe Honoré, based on the posthumous 1966 novel of the same name by French author Georges Bataille. The film follows the incestuous relationship ...

, Christophe Honoré (2004); La Fille préférée, Lou Jeunet (1999)... *Director: “Reliefs” fiction workshop – Saint-Priest (Lyon), 2005 “La parole et les cris” lyrics workshop – Nevers, 1998–1999 *Translator: ''Composition and Non-composition'' by Jacques Lucan (PPUR-2012) as well as numerous film scripts, plays, poems, songs and articles... *Organizational Secretary: The US Committee for a Democratic Spain, New York – 1975 *Instructor: “The Spanish Civil War,” Antioch College, Ohio – 1974 “Photography,” (assistant to

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) Antioch College, Ohio – 1974 *Sound, lights, programming: Tramps Club, New York – 1977/78 *English teacher, photographer, rewriter, waiter...

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hakola, Theo 1954 births Living people Musicians from Spokane, Washington Antioch College alumni Songwriters from Washington (state) 21st-century American novelists American people of Finnish descent American people of Swedish descent Writers from Spokane, Washington Novelists from Washington (state)