Erik Amdrup (born 21 February 1923 in Visby,
Tønder,
Denmark, died 22 February 1998) was a Danish professor of surgery, doctor, and author.
From 1965, Amdrup was assistant head doctor at
Københavns Kommunehospital, from 1971 to 1988 he was head of gastroenterological surgery at
Århus kommunehospital and professor of surgery at Århus Universitet. His work on
peptic ulcers and surgical treatment of these won international acclaim. He was active in research at the Institutt for Eksperimentell Klinisk Forskning at Århus Universitet, and was the institute's leader for a time.
Aged 56, Amdrup made in his debut in 1979 as a fiction author with the
crime novel
Crime fiction, detective story, murder mystery, mystery novel, and police novel are terms used to describe narratives that centre on criminal acts and especially on the investigation, either by an amateur or a professional detective, of a crime, ...
''Hilsen fra Hans''. Many of his novels were acclaimed as the year's best Danish crime novel. The novel ''Renters rente'' was filmed as a Danish TV series in 1996.
Bibliography
*''Dumpingsyndromet og andre måltidsbestemte gener optrædende hos ventriceresecerde patienter'' – non-fiction (1960)
*''Kirurgisk gastroenterologi. En klinisk indføring'' – non-fiction (1978)
*''Hilsen fra Hans'' (1979)
*''Den næste'' (1981)
*''Hvem førte kniven?'' (1983)
*''Muldvarpen'' (1983)
*''Trappen med de tretten trin'' (1984)
*''Uansøgt afsked'' (1984)
*''Arme riddere'' (1985)
*''Mistænkt'' – children's novel (1985)
*''Skybrud'' (1986)
*''Rene af hjertet'' (1987)
*''Stemmen og ansigtet'' – children's novel (1987)
*''Studies on peptic ulcer disease in department of surgery 1, Kommunehospitalet Cophenhagen'' – non-fiction (1987)
*''Lucifers lov'' (1988)
*''Ude i tovene'' (1989)
*''Renters rente'' (1989)
*''Nat på stationen'' (1990)
*''Norden for lands lov'' (1991)
*''Oh - at styre!'' (1991)
*''Virtuosen'' (1992)
*''Tro, håb og nederlag'' (1993)
*''Angstens ansigt og andre historier'' (1994)
*''Fæstningen'' (1995)
*''Autonom'' (1996)
*''den andens brød'' (1997)
*''Som jeg så det. En kirurgs tilbageblik'' – non-fiction (1998)
*''I skygge'' (1998)
Prizes
*
De gyldne håndjern (awarded by the Poe-klubben of Denmark)
1984
Events
January
* January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888.
* January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast A ...
, for ''Hvem førte kniven''
*
De gyldne håndjern 1985
The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations.
Events January
* January 1
** The Internet's Domain Name System is created.
** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a ...
, for ''Uansøgt afsked''
*
Palle Rosenkrantz-prisen 1989
File:1989 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Cypress Street Viaduct, Cypress structure collapses as a result of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, killing motorists below; The proposal document for the World Wide Web is submitted; The Exxo ...
, for ''Renters rente''
External links
Århus universitet: Nekrolog over Erik Amdrup
Danish surgeons
Danish male writers
Danish crime fiction writers
1923 births
1998 deaths
20th-century Danish physicians
20th-century surgeons
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