Anders Bodelsen (11 February 1937 – 17 October 2021) was a Danish writer primarily associated with the 1960 new-realism wave in Danish literature, along with Christian Kampmann and Henrik Stangerup. Bodelsen preferred the social-realistic style of writing, often thrillers about middle-class people who face the consequences of materialism, which often clashes with their human values. His thrillers also experiment with ordinary persons tempted by e.g. theft and border-morale issues.
Most known is Bodelsen's novel Think of a Number (Tænk på et tal, 1968) filmed as The Silent Partner in 1978. Also widely known is his cooperation with Danish National Television (Danmarks Radio) on the filming of some of his children's thrillers, e.g. Guldregn ("Golden Rain", 1986). Furthermore, he also made some lesser known radio plays. He had a very brief cameo in the second of the Olsen-banden series of films, Olsen-banden på spanden.
In his 1969 novel Freezing Point (), a young magazine editor named Bruno is cryogenically frozen after being diagnosed with terminal cancer, being revived two decades later in a future society that turns dystopian. The novel was translated into English by Joan Tate in 1971. The translation was republished in 2025. British speculative fiction writer Nina Allan described the novel in 2025 as "uncannily prescient."
Bodelsen died on 17 October 2021. He was 84 years old.
Bibliography
Novels 1959 - De lyse nætters tid 1964 - Villa Sunset 1965 - " drivhuset" 1968 - Hændeligt uheld; English translation: Hit and Run, Run, Run (1970); Grand Prix de Littérature Policière 1968 - Tænk på et tal; English translation: Think of a Number (1969) 1969 - Frysepunktet; English translation: Freezing Point (1971) 1970 - Ferie 1971 - Straus; English translation: Straus (1974) 1971 - Hjælp 1972 - Pigerne på broen 1973 - Bevisets stilling; English translation: Consider the Verdict (1976) 1974 - Alt hvad du ønsker dig 1975 - Blæsten i Alleen 1975 - Operation Cobra; English translation: Operation Cobra (1979) 1976 - Pengene og livet 1977 - De gode tider 1978 - År for år 1980 - Borte, borte 1982 - Over regnbuen 1984 - Domino 1985 - Revision 1986 - Guldregn 1988 - Mørklægning; Martin Beck Award 1989 - Byen uden ildebrande 1991 - Rød september 1993 - Farligt bryg 1997 - Den åbne dør 2009 - Varm luft
References
External links About the author: Litteraturnet