Dan Turèll Explained

Dan Turèll
Occupation:Writer

Dan Turèll[1] (March 19, 1946 – October 15, 1993), affectionately nicknamed "Danish: Onkel Danny" (English: Uncle Danny), was a popular Danish writer with notable influence on Danish literature. His work crossed a number of genres including autobiography, beat literature and crime fiction.

Turèll was born 19 March 1946 in Vangede on the outskirts of Copenhagen. Much of his works were partially autobiographical and inspired by his hometown, though is portrayal of Vesterbro is often considered romantic rather than realistic. His work often references themes Americanisation, drawing on the beat generation and the teachings of Donald Duck. Turèll published much of his material himself, especially early in his career. He wrote in both Danish and English and has been translated into Dutch, Estonian, French, German, Norwegian, Swedish and Serbian.

He died from esophageal cancer[2] and is buried at Assistens Cemetery. On Sunday March 19, 2006, on what would have been his 60th birthday, part of the town square of Halmtorvet in the Kødbyen area of Copenhagen was named Danish: Onkel Dannys Plads (English: 'Uncle Danny's Square') in his honour. The square Dan Turèlls Plads in his native Vangede was named for him on 9 March 2007.[3]

Selected bibliography

Dan Turèll was a highly prolific writer, contributing to numerous anthologies within his time and collections of his works continued to be arranged after his death. In addition to his literary work, he wrote a vast number of articles and essays for newspapers and various magazines. As a result, the following bibliography is in no way complete.[4] Danish literary critic and writer, Lars Bukdahl, said that Turèll "only lived to the age of 47, and it is as though he knew he had to hurry".[5]

Cut-up literature

Novels

The Murder Series

The so-called Mord-serie (English: Murder Series) consists of ten novels and two volumes of short stories in the "American" school of crime fiction, known from writers like Raymond Chandler. All twelve volumes follow the same protagonist, a nameless detective / reporter, a freelance writer for a fictitious Copenhagen newspaper, plainly called Bladet (English: The Paper). In each novel the protagonist is hurled into a new murder mystery, often along recurring characters, centrally among them Politiinspektør Ehlers (English: Chief Inspector Ehlers). The stories are self contained, but settings, relations, and characters evolve as the series progress.

The series primarily takes place in an alternate version of the borough of Vesterbro in Copenhagen, which serves as a backdrop for considerably more criminal endeavours than real life will probably ever match. Also certain aspects of the city's geography has been altered. Certain streets lie differently, for instance.

Poetry

Prose

Spoken Word Recordings

Works in English

Adaptations

References

  1. This article is based on the article on Dan Turèll in Danish Wikipedia
  2. http://www.dk4.dk/?p=plug-side-item;id=1666 dk4 - Udfordrende tv 24 timer i døgnet
  3. Web site: Dan Turèlls Plads . 1 March 2017 . Gentofte Kommune . Danish.
  4. The bibliography of this article was researched by way of the following online resources: National Danish Online Library Database (https://bibliotek.dk), Danish Literature Centre (http://www.litteraturnet.dk) & The Turèll Collection (http://www.turellsamlingen.dk)
  5. In The Danish Literature Centre's biography of Dan Turèll; see direct link under External links

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