Frank Jaeger
Frank Jæger (born June 19, 1926 in Frederiksberg ; † July 4, 1977 in Helsingør ) was a Danish writer who was best known for his poems.
life and work
Frank Jæger attended grammar school until 1945, then trained as a librarian and from 1950 lived as a freelance writer. From 1952 to 1953 he was co-editor of the Heretica magazine .
His first texts were cheerful, romantic poems of nature and love. His light, imaginative and humorous style differed greatly from the rest of the more difficult and thoughtful Danish post-war literature.
" Vi vil sætte os I Grøfterne and / med stor Stemme forlange, at / vore Huse, before Piger and oldfor / faa Bjørn, before handgribelige and / uvirkelige Dyr / before Jord shall be leve.
We want to sit in the trenches / and Vivat demand with a big voice / for our houses, our girls and all too / few children, our tangible / and unreal animals, our earth. "
The themes of his later poetry are about Jutland , loneliness and the sea with sometimes gloomy autumn and winter images. His poem "Sidenius in Esbjerb", the final poem of his poetry collection Cinna , in which he faces the reality of death, was included in the Danish cultural canon . Overall, his poetry is characterized by “great artistry and witty irony”.
Some early narratives are related to the German Romantics. In Iners (from Latin: inefficient) the flute-playing hero recalls Eichendorff's novella From the Life of a Good-for-nothing . In Kapellanen og other Fortællinger (The Chaplain and Other Stories) , Jæger shows in many ways how isolation affects personality. His late prose works Døden i skoven (Death in the Forest) (1970) and Provinzen (1972) are marked by dark skepticism. In addition to poetry and narrative prose, Jæger wrote plays, radio plays, essays and a fictional autobiography; he received numerous awards.
Many of his poems were set to music. For example, “Det Flydende Teater” staged the musical drama Idylia about Frank Jæger's wild life in 2010 , an event in the water at which Frederick Mellquist's poems were performed along with biographical scenes.
Publications (selection)
Poetry
- 1948: Dydige graduated
- 1949: Morgenen's trumpet
- 1953: Tire
- 1956: Havkarlens sange
- 1959: Cinna and others
- 1964: Fyrre Digte
- 1967: Idylia
prose
- 1950: Iners
- 1957: Kapellanen and other fortællinger
- 1964: Pastorale. Pelsen
- 1965: Drømmen om en sommerdag and other essays
- 1972: Provinser
- 1973: p
- 1976: Udsigt til Kronborg
German-language editions
- Death in the forest. Narratives . Translated from the Danish by Alexander Grossmann. Hinstorff, Rostock 1970
Awards
- 1958: Danish Critics' Prize
- 1959: De Gyldne Laurbær
- 1960: Emil Aarestrup Medal
- 1962: Søren Gyldendal Prize
- 1969: Grand Prize of the Danish Academy
literature
- Lotte Thyrring Andersen: Det grønne mørke. Rummelighed and intethed in Frank Jægers digtning . Odense Universitetsforlag, 1996.
- Mogens Brøndsted: Frank Jæger . In: Nordic literary history . Volume II. Fink, Munich 1984, ISBN 3-7705-2105-6 .
- Sven Holm: Jæger, Frank . In: Danske digtere i det 20. århundrede . Volume 3. 1980-1982.
- Bjarne Nielsen Brovst: Frank Jægers forfatterskab. En monografi . Hernov, 1977.
- Jørn Knudsen: Frank Jæger. En bibliografi . Danmarks biblioteksskole, Copenhagen 1982, ISBN 87-7415-114-2 .
- Jaeger, Frank . In: Gero von Wilpert (ed.): Lexicon of world literature LZ . Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-423-59050-5 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ From the poem Ved et beskedent Rejsegilde . German translation by Mogens Brøndsted. In: Nordic literary history . Volume II. Munich 1984, page 575
- ↑ Lexicon of World Literature LZ . Munich 1997
- ↑ Idylia on the theater's website (Internet access from 23 September 2010)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jaeger, Frank |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Jaeger, Frank |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Danish lyric poet and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 19, 1926 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Frederiksberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th July 1977 |
| Place of death | Elsinore |