Henrik Nordbrandt
Henrik Nordbrandt (born March 21, 1945 in Frederiksberg Kommune , Hovedstaden region ) is a Danish writer and poet .
Life
After attending school , Nordbrandt studied Arabic , Chinese and Turkish at the University of Copenhagen and made his literary debut in 1966 with the volume of poems Digte .
For the numerous volumes of poetry that followed, he received several awards, including the Grand Prize of the Danish Academy in 1980 , the Critics' Prizes for the collection of poems 84 Digte in 1984, the Søren Gyldendal Prize in 1987 and the Nordic Prize of the Swedish Academy in 1990 . For his collection of poems, Drømmebroer , he was also awarded the Nordic Council's Literature Prize in 2000.
His poems are mainly shaped by the cities, landscapes and the climate of the Mediterranean , as he spent most of his adult life in Turkey , Greece and Italy . As an avowed atheist , he often grappled with the insignificance of religion from his point of view , but on the other hand assumed that Christianity resulted in essential messages for everyday life.
In addition to his more than twenty volumes of poetry, he also wrote the novel Finkelstein's blodige bazar (1983), the two children's books Tifanfaya (1990) and Den elektriske mus (1993) as well as a book about Turkish cuisine entitled Damelår og andre specialiteter (1994). In 2002 his memoir was published with the title Døden fra Lübeck .
More fonts
- Miniaturer (1967)
- Syvsoverne (1969)
- Omgivelser (1972)
- Opbrud and ankomster (1974)
- Ode til blæksprutten and other kærlighedsdigte (1975)
- Glass (1976)
- Istid (1977)
- Guds hus (1977)
- Breve fra en ottoman (1978)
- Roses from Lesbos (1979)
- Spogelseleg (1979)
- Forsvar for vinden under doren (1980)
- Armenia (1982)
- Armenia (1984)
- Violinbyggernes by (1985)
- Håndens skælven in November (1986)
- Vandspejlet (1989)
- Glemmesteder (1991)
- Stovets tyngde (1992)
- Ormene ved himlens port (1995)
- Egne digte (2000)
- in German language
- Digte = poems , ISBN 3-926608-13-7 , 1988
- Glemmesteder: Digte; Places of oblivion: Poems , ISBN 3-926608-77-3 , 1993
Awards
- 1980: Grand Prize of the Danish Academy
- 1984: Critics' prizes for the poetry collection 84 Digte
- 1987: Søren Gyldendal Prize
- 1990: Nordic Prize from the Swedish Academy
- 2000: Literature Prize of the Nordic Council for his collection of poems Drømmebroer
Web links
- Literature by and about Henrik Nordbrandt in the catalog of the German National Library
- Henrik Nordbrandt in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- (Biography at Den Store Danske)
- Biography (litteratursiden.dk)
- Biography (poetryinternational.org)
- POLITICS: Henrik Nordbrandt: "Jeg har været alt for sur" (Interview, September 24, 2010)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Nordbrandt, Henrik |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Danish writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 21, 1945 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Frederiksberg Commune , Hovedstaden Region |