The author Aker Henrik H. Langeland changes publisher

Henrik Langeland confirms the transition in a text message: "I travel to North Africa and I can not help refer to Tone Hansen in Cappelen Damm, assuming they send a press release."

In the press release, Langeland says:

"I have published books in the Gyldendal system for nearly 20 years and have worked closely with Tiden Norsk Forlag in 12 of them.I always want a warm heart for the time and wish all the best to the 39; editor.

Sli through with "Wonderboy" in 2003

Cappelen Damm's fictional director, Tine Kjær, had the pleasure of reading the text that the publisher has received and, according to the press release, can not wait to work on it.

Henrik H. Langeland holds a PhD in literature from the University of Oslo and a thesis on Marcel Proust.

He made a breakthrough in the novel "Wonderboy" in 2003 and has since published the novels "The passion of Francis Meyer", "Worldmasters" and "Prince".

Conflict with smoke

Langeland has received much attention last winter because of the conflict around a story book he had written on behalf of the Kjell Inge group Røkke Aker.

Røkke and Aker thought that the Langeland script "did not cover" and decided to abandon the anniversary edition.

The Norwegian publishing house, underutilized by Gyldendal, has chosen to go ahead with its project of selling a book in bookstores.

Then Aker responded by posting the latest script sent by Langeland on their own websites.

March 8, the book of the time, "The adventures: A story about Aker of our time", the printing press and sent to bookstores.

But the next morning, the newspaper reported that several parts of Henrik Langeland's book, Aker, had been copied without sufficient credit.

The same week, the book of edition fired the book of the market.

The former director of the publication, Richard Aarø, commented on the decision as follows:

– The time that Norsk Förlag chose to draw in consultation with the author Henrik H. Langeland Erne Adventure. A story of Aker in our time of the market. The passages in the book are extracted from sources without any clear reference. Publishers and authors realize that this is not in line with good practice. Aker was informed of the decision, wrote Aarø in an email to DN.

Hard criticism

In connection with the fact that Aker also retracted a version of the script posted on the company's web pages, the main owner of Akers, Kjell Inge Røkke, presented a sharp criticism of the editors Tiden and Richard Aarø .

"We have warned Richard Aarø of book publishing since last fall, and in the last few months the editor has been pressing the tape recorder and the support buttons to draw attention to the book. Are these working methods familiar to Aarø and the publisher belonging to Gyldendal – where is the limit of what is good and good behavior in time? "

Henrik Langeland was misinformed after the bride's reach with Røkke, while Aarø had the following comment on Røkke's emulation:

"There are a lot of details in this case, and I do not want to go into the details of the allegations that Røkke included in the letter, and I can only regret the outcome of this case." It's unfortunate for all parties, "Aarø wrote in an email to DN.(Conditions)Copyright Dagens Næringsliv AS and / or our suppliers. We would like you to share our business using a link directly to our pages. The copy or any other form of use of all or part of the content may only be done by written authorization or as permitted by law. For other terms please see here.