Eric Scobie (born 3 June 1952) is a Scottish / Norwegian author and journalist who works mainly from Norway.
Biography
editScobie's first published work was in Motklang, a collection of short stories published by Forlaget Frustra in Oslo in 1974. This was followed up by the novel Bentvesten (Bent's Territory) in 1981.[1] Published by Aschehoug, it was, according to the author, "a socio-fictional Western set in contemporary Norway".[citation needed] In 1986 Trekkfugler i garnet (Birds of Passage), was published by Ex Libris.
Scobie has been a member of the rock band Boastein since its inception in 1971. Boastein, founded by Øistein Boassen and Are Storstein, produced two albums: Jeg har min egen luke (My Very Own Hatch) in 1977, and Urgata Hurgata in 1980. In 1981, Scobie co-founded, with Erik Gustavson, in Oslo, the film company Fri Media Gruppe (Free Media Group), which produced a long series of shorts and commercial films.
As a translator and subtitler for television, at the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK), Scobie contributed to the dissemination of Norwegian-produced TV-programmes throughout the world. He also translated many Norwegian radio documentaries. Scobie has also worked as an editor, most notably with the Norwegian version of the "War Papers", Krigsavisene, a series published by British-based publisher Albertas Ltd.[2] For his work on this production, he was awarded the Norwegian prize for Free-lance Journalist of the Year 2001. In 1982 Scobie shared the Scheibler Award with Erik Gustavson for their short film Siste Kapittel (The Final Chapter).
References
edit- ^ "Results for '"Eric Scobie"'". WorldCat. Retrieved 5 September 2010.
- ^ Bremnes, Sindre (2 February 2000). "Krigsavisene går unna" (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 5 September 2010.
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