Background
He is the son of the author Knut Faldbakken and brother of film director Stefan Faldbakken.
He is the son of the author Knut Faldbakken and brother of film director Stefan Faldbakken.
Faldbakken studied at the National Academy of Fine Arts in Bergen and the Städelschule in Frankfurt am Main.
He made his literary debut in 2001 with The Cocka Hola Company, the first part of his Scandinavian Misanthropy Trilogy. Macht und Rebel was released two years later, following most recently by Unfun, in Spring 2008, which completed his trilogy. All three novels are published under the pseudonym Abo Rasul.
In 2006, Faldbakken released Kaldt produkt (“Cold Product”) under his own name.
lieutenant is a contemporary update of A Doll"s House by Henrik Ibsen. Faldbakken commented to Dagbladet when it was released: "I am a spokesperson for totally anarchistic mayhem on a bed of traditional family values".
lieutenant was performed at Staatstheater Stuttgart in 2008. He has also released a collection of short stories called Snort Stories.
His publishers are Cappelen in Norway, Lindhardt og Ringhof in Denmark, Johnny Kniga in Finland, Blumenbar and Heyne in Germany, Mondadori in Italy, Suma in Spain, Limus in Russia, LWU in Lithuania, and Harvill in the United Kingdom. Matias Faldbakken is represented by Simon Lee Gallery in London and in Norway by Standard (Oslo).
