Erling Jepsen (born 14 May 1956 in Gram, Denmark) is a Danish author and playwright whose output primarily deals with his hometime of Gram and the culture in the surrounding region of

Southern Jutland Southern Jutland ( da, Sønderjylland; German: Südjütland) is the name for the region south of the Kongeå in Jutland, Denmark and north of the Eider (river) in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. The region north of the Kongeå is called da, Nø ...

. His novel ''Frygtelig lykkelig'' (''Terribly Happy'') was adapted into the 2008 neo-noir thriller ''

Terribly Happy ''Terribly Happy'' ( da, Frygtelig lykkelig) is a 2008 Danish crime film directed by Henrik Ruben Genz, based on Erling Jepsen's novel of the same name from 2004. Plot Copenhagen policeman Robert Hansen has been reassigned by his supervisor, th ...

'', and his

autobiographical novel An autobiographical novel is a form of novel using autofiction techniques, or the merging of autobiographical and fictive elements. The literary technique is distinguished from an autobiography or memoir by the stipulation of being fiction. ...

''Kunsten at Græde i Kor ''(''The Art of Crying'')'' ''was adapted into the 2006 film ''

The Art of Crying ''The Art of Crying'' ( da, Kunsten at Græde i Kor) is a 2006 Danish tragicomedy directed by Peter Schønau Fog. It stars and Jesper Asholt in a harsh tale about an 11-year-old boy's struggle to hold intact his bizarre family with its abusiv ...

''. Jepsen won the 2004 Holberg Medal for his contributions to Danish drama.

Selected bibliography

* 2002: ''The Art of Crying in Harmony'' ( da, Kunsten at græde i kor) (novel) * 2004: ''Terribly Happy'' ( da, Frygtelig lykkelig) (novel) * 2006: ''With Kind Regards'' ( da, Med venlig deltagelse) (novel) * 2013: ''The South Jutlandic Farm'' ( da, Den sønderjyske farm) (novel) * 2016: ''Gram Sea'' ( da, Gramhavet) (novel)

References

20th-century Danish dramatists and playwrights 1956 births People from Haderslev Municipality Living people Danish male novelists Danish male dramatists and playwrights 20th-century Danish novelists 21st-century Danish novelists 20th-century Danish male writers 21st-century Danish male writers Nordic Noir writers {{Denmark-writer-stub