Kelly Berthelsen

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Kelly Efraim Johannes Berthelsen (* 1967 in Ammassivik ) is a Greenlandic politician ( Inuit Ataqatigiit ), writer , poet and translator .

Life

Kelly Berthelsen took part in the 2013 general election . He only reached the fifth place of the Inuit Ataqatigiit and thus missed a seat in parliament. In the local elections in the same year he was elected to the council of Kujalleq municipality . A year later he took part in the 2014 general election . This time he reached the fourth place of the party. In September 2016 he moved to Inatsisartut and stayed there until the end of the legislative period. In the 2018 election , he clearly missed a parliamentary seat. He did not participate in the 2017 local elections.

Kelly Berthelsen is best known as a writer and poet. His collection of poems Tarningup Ilua was translated into French in 2015 ( Je ferme les yeux pour couvrir l'obscurité ). The book was also qualified for the Nordic Council's Literature Prize in 2003 . Like many of his colleagues in Greenlandic literature of his generation, his works express the desire for independence. He also works as a translator into Greenlandic.

Works (selection)

  • 1996: Anaana
  • 1999: Tikisitaq aqissiaq taallallu suulluanngitsut allat
  • 2000: Misigissutsit
  • 2001: En sjæls inderste chamber / Tarningup Ilua
  • 2002: Imerajuup nulia
  • 2003: Oqaq angallatigalugu
  • 2005: Erninnut qimakkumasakka
  • 2011: De tamme mennesker and other anekdoter / Inuit nujuitsut oqaluttuaaqqallu allat
  • 2014: Ammassivimmit eqqaamasat (with Kristian Pablo Poulsen)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kelly Berthelsen at puq.ca
  2. ↑ a b Election results in Greenland at valg.gl
  3. ↑ Nye ansierter i IA's group i Inatsisartut at knr.gl
  4. ↑ Berthelsen, Storch and Lynge udkommer på fransk at Knr.gl
  5. ↑ Nominerade författaretill Nordiska Rådets litteraturpris 2003 in Svenska Dagbladet
  6. ↑ Malan Marnersdóttir: Bókmentaljós. Heiðursrit til Turið Sigurðardóttir . Faroe University Press, Tórshavn 2006, ISBN 978-99918-65-01-0 , pp. 169 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
personal data
SURNAME Berthelsen, Kelly
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Berthelsen, Kelly Efraim Johannes (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Greenlandic politician (Inuit Ataqatigiit), writer, poet and translator
DATE OF BIRTH 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH Ammassivik