
Erlend Loe is a Norwegian novelist. He worked at a psychiatric clinic, and was later a freelance journalist for Norwegian newspaper Adresseavisen. Loe now lives and works in Oslo where in 1998 he co-founded Screenwriters Oslo - an office community for screenwriters. In 1993 he debuted with the book Tatt av kvinnen, and a year later published a children's book, Fisken, about a forklift operator named Kurt. Loe has a distinctive style of writing which is often likened to naïve art. He often uses irony, exaggeration and humor.
Series
Books

Kurt, der Fisch und die weite Welt
1994

Gutta på skauen
2021

Kurt Gets Truckloads
1995

Herman
historier fra en udiagnostisert oppvekst
2022

Dyrene i Afrika
2018

The Seven Steps to Mercy
with Shakespeare's Key to the Oak Island Templum
2006

Kurt Quo Vadis?
1998

Fakta Om Finland
Roman
2001

Prohujalo sa ženom
1993

Naïve. Super
1996

Drømmenes sykkelregister
2023

Kurt Kurér
2010

Forhandle med virkeligheten
Ett år på ett hjul
2020

Norvegia
2019

Vareopptelling
2013

Kurt Koker Hodet
2003

Helvete
2019

Rumpemelk Fra Afrika
2012

Mulej
2007

Kurtby
2008

Maria & José
1994

Lazy Days
2009

Slutten på verden slik vi kjenner den
2015

L
1999

Doppler
2004

Volvo Lastvagnar
2005

Giæver og Iunker
2022

Kurt 3
2001

Fvonk
2011

Hvem rumpet brunosten?
2021