Endre Lund Eriksen
Endre Lund Eriksen is a Norwegian author and politician.
Lund Eriksen was active in Socialist Youth in his teenage years, and as a member of the Norwegian Socialist Left Party in Nordland, Eriksen was a deputy in the Storting Parliament from 1997 to 2001. In March 2015 he was elected to the SV central board with a special responsibility to follow up on the project "Yes to Northern Norway."
He made his book debut as an author in 2002, with the children's book Pitbull-Terje går amok. The book received the Kulturdepartementets priser for barne- og ungdomslitteratur, and was made into a film, Pitbullterje, with manuscript by Lund Eriksen. The film won the 2006 Amanda Award for Best Children and Youth Film.
Lund Eriksen has written three more books about Pitbull-Terje: Pitbull-Terje og kampen mot barnevernet, that won the 2006 Arks barnebokpris, Pitbull-Terje blir ond, that won the 2008 UPrisen, and Pitbull-Terje på sporet av den tapte far .
Lund Eriksen has received several awards for his books, that have been translated to 11 languages including Bulgarian, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Sami, and Swedish.
Notable works
- 2002: Pitbull-Terje går amok
- 2003: Ingen kan stoppe meg no
- 2004: JAFS. Flukten fra Villmarka Zoo
- 2005: Det tar ikke slutt
- 2005: Pelle blir rappa
- 2006: Pitbull-Terje og kampen mot barnevernet
- 2007: Pitbull-Terje blir ond
- 2008: En terrorist i senga
- 2009: Førstemann som pissa på månen
- 2010: Super
- 2010: Pitbull-Terje på sporet av den tapte far
- 2010: Alvin Pang og en søster for mye
- 2010: Alvin Pang og verdens beste bursdag
- 2011: Alvin Pang og hva foreldre gjør når du sover
- 2011: Evens hage
- 2011: Monstrene i Dunderly
- 2011: Farvel Miss Nice Girl
- 2011: Nissefella
- 2011: Bulder – en bruksanvisning
- 2012: Herlige farligheter
- 2012: Moi og uhyret
- 2012: Den sommeren pappa ble homo
- 2012: Monstervenn
- 2012: Moi om våren
- 2013: Alvin Pang på rømmen
- 2014: Nattdyr
- 2014: Rudy og lynmonsteret
- 2015: Raggmonsteret
- 2016: ''Dunder''
Awards
- 2000: 3rd prize in NRK's drama competition for Strandet i paradis
- 2002: Kulturdepartementets priser for barne- og ungdomslitteratur for Pitbull-Terje går amok
- 2002: Aschehougs debutantstipend for Pitbull-Terje går amok
- 2003: Havmannprisen for Ingen kan stoppe meg no
- 2006: Arks barnebokpris for Pitbull-Terje og kampen mot barnevernet
- 2008: UPrisen for Pitbull-Terje blir ond
- 2008: Arks barnebokpris for En terrorist i senga
- 2009: Skolebibliotekarforeningens litteraturpris for his collected oeuvre
- 2012: Nordland fylkes kulturpris for his authorship
- 2012: Teskjekjerringprisen