It is the Aschehoug publishing house that announces the death in a press release. Hagerup passed away after an extended illness.
” Norway has lost one of its most beloved authors. Books for children and young people are as widely read by adults as by young people, which is largely attributable to Hagerups distinctive blend of sparkling fabulering and deep seriousness, ” says Mads Nygaard, publisher at Aschehoug.
AUTHOR: Klaus Hagerup made his debut as a writer in 1969. Here depicted two years later, in 1971. Photo: NTB Scanpix Show more
Klaus Hagerup has a versatile production behind him, both as a playwright and literary author. He has written films, plays, TV shows, radio play, novels, short stories and poems. He was also with the establishment of Hålogaland Teater.
Hagerup made his debut as an author with the poetry collection “So I think of you” in 1969. He wrote plays and radio play in many years, and in 1988 came the biography “Everything is so close to me” about his mother, Inger Hagerup. Klaus Hagerup also wrote the lyrics to “Ellinors vise” as Sverre Kjelsberg tonesatte, and got a lot of readers when he and his wife, Bibbi Børresen, gave out several travelogues from Tuscany.
Klaus Hagerup get Brages hederspris
The first of Hagerups popular children’s and juvenile books – “the Land where time was gone”, was released in 1989. Thousands of children become familiar with Markus Simonsen through a number of books.
Klaus Hagerup wrote also four voksenromaner and has received several literary awards for his books, which are also popular abroad.
Hagerup was awarded Brages Hederspris in november 2018. In the reasoning from the jury was drawn up especially Hagerups unique ability to convey insightful children’s and ungdomsperspektiv in a believable and tender way.
“Very often humorous, and in such a way that the stories also hit the adult reader right in the heart”, described the jury.
the Author leaves behind his wife, Bibbi Børresen and daughters Jody and Hilde Hagerup.
his Parents were writers
Hagerup was born in Oslo in 1946, and grew up on Haugerud as the youngest of two brothers. Both his parents were writers, and as a child he wanted to be either an olympic champion in tikamp or actor.
According to Hagerup himself, written in a forfatterportrett, was the last thing he wanted to be a writer – due to a lot of writing around him.
– A treigere profession I could hard imagine, moreover, there had to be millions of people who wrote books, he has written in the portrait.
advent Calendar-success
In 2012 received one of Hagerups daughters, Hanne Hagerup, the idea of an advent calendar. She contacted her sister and her father, and wondered if they would be with on to write, according to NRK. The result was the advent calendar “Snow”, which came on tv in 2016.
FAMILY: the Daughter of Klaus Hagerup, Hanne Hagerup, came up with the idea for the advent calendar. With him on the team, she got her father and her sister Hilde. Photo: NTB Scanpix Show more
the Series is about the nine-year-old Selma who lives with her strict neighbor Ruth. She dreams about finding her biological family, and one day she finds the portal to santa’s city. The series was a great success on the harmless.
