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Theo Hakola is a singer/songwriter/musician and novelist born (1954) and raised in Spokane, Washington USA. In 1978 he settled in Paris, France. He is of Finnish and Swedish descent.
Books
Non romanesque, nonfiction and photos published in French by Les Fondeurs de Briques (May 2022)
Over The Volcano, novel published in French translation by Actes Sud (March 2022) as Sur le volcan
The Snake Pit, novel published in French translation by Actes Sud (September 2016) as Idaho Babylone
Rakia, novel published in French translation by Éditions Intervalles (2011)
The Blood of Souls, novel published in French translation as Le Sang des âmes by Éditions Intervalles (2008)
Blood Streams, novel published in French translation as La Valse des Affluents by Le Serpent à Plumes (2003) and in Finnish by WSOY (2005)
The Way of Blood, novel published in French translation as La Route du Sang by Le Serpent à Plumes (2001) and in Finnish by WSOY (2002)
Music
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"Au bonheur des dames", dir. Julien Duvivier (ciné-concert) - 2013
Theatre
"Idaho Babylone," (Theo Hakola) scored reading based on the novel, with Dominique Reymond, Bénédicte Villain and Simon Texier; author/composer/musician... Grenoble, Frontignan – 2017
"Rakia," (Theo Hakola) scored reading based on the novel, with Dominique Reymond; author/composer/musician... Dijon – 2013
"Sur la route," scored reading based on Jack Kerouac's On The Road, composer/musician... Manosque, Toulouse, Grenoble, Caen, Vendôme, Vincennes, Rennes – 2012–2015...
"La Ballade de Carson Clay," (Theo Hakola) scored reading based on La Valse des affluents, author/composer/musician... Grenoble, Bobigny – 2011-2015
"L'Invention du monde," (Olivier Rolin) – composer/musician – at the MC93-Bobigny – 2010. Directed by Michel Deutsch.
"Chroniques du bord de scène - Hello America," 2009/10, followed by "USA, d'après Dos Passos" – composer/musician/actor – at the MC93-Bobigny – 2009/10. Directed by Nicolas Bigards.
"Le Chant des âmes," scored reading based on Le Sang des âmes, author/composer/musician... Finnish Cultural Center, Paris – 2009.
"La Thébaïde" (Jean Racine) – composer/musician, Centre dramatique national de Montreuil and the Atelier du Rhin in Colmar – October/Novembre 2007. Directed by Sandrine Lanno.
"Ellen Foster" (Kaye Gibbons) – composer/musician and translator in Dijon (Festival Frictions) and Lille (l’Aéronef) – 2002 then, as co-director, Bagnolet (l’Échangeur) and Lyon (Théâtre de la Renaissance) – 2005.
"Les Chansons de ‘La Valse des affluents’" (Theo Hakola) scored reading based on the novel, author/composer/musician... Manosque, Poitiers – 2004, and Lyon – 2005.
"Une Dizaine de morts," (based on the works of Michael Ondaatje), adapter-author/composer/musician... Lyon, Manosque – 2003, Paris, Lille – 2004
"La Chanson du Zorro andalou" (Theo Hakola) – author/actor/composer/director, 1999–2000, Rennes, Lille, Paris...
"Mahagonny" (Bertolt Brecht/Kurt Weill) – actor (Alaskawolf Joe), Paris and on tour in France... – 1983 Directed by Hans-Peter Cloos.
Film actor: (agent: Sophie Barrois/Agence Oz) LA BÊTE, Bertrand Bonello (2023); TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, Philippe Prouff (2023); ALIEN CRYSTAL PALACE, Arielle Dombasle (2019); VAMPIRES (Netflix series 2019); CURIOSA, Lou Jeunet (2019); PICTURES, Florent Quint (2011); SUERTE, Jacques Séchaud (2010); THE PORTUGUESE MAN O' WAR, Lauren Makael (2008); UNE FAMILLE PARFAITE, Pierre Trividic (2006); MA MÈRE, Christophe Honoré (2004); LA FILLE PRÉFÉRÉE, Lou Jeunet (1999)...
Director: “Reliefs” fiction workshop – Saint-Priest (Lyon), 2005 “La parole et les cris” lyrics workshop – Nevers, 1998–1999
Translator: Composition and Non-composition by Jacques Lucan (PPUR-2012) as well as numerous film scripts, plays, poems, songs and articles...
Organizational Secretary: The US Committee for a Democratic Spain, New York – 1975
Instructor: “The Spanish Civil War,” Antioch College, Ohio – 1974 “Photography,” (assistant to Tony Conrad) Antioch College, Ohio – 1974
Sound, lights, programming: Tramps Club, New York – 1977/78
English teacher, photographer, rewriter, waiter...
References
"Biography". Theo Hakola - The Official Website. Retrieved January 13, 2016.
