Klaus Høeck

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Klaus Høeck (born November 27, 1938 in Copenhagen ) is a Danish poet who was awarded both the Søren Gyldendal Prize and the Critics' Prize.

Life

After high school at the Sorø Akademi Hoeck began a study of 1957 Medicine , Law and Philosophy and completed his studies in 1970 with a master's in philosophy.

While still a student, he made his literary debut in 1966 with the volume of poetry Yggdrasil . The series of poems Rejse IV was published between 1971 and 1973 , although he earned his living as a postman in the 1970s and early 1980s . In 1973 he received a three-year grant from the State Art Fund and in 1980 another grant from the Gyldendal publishing house . In 1985 he published another volume of poetry with Hjem and received a lifelong grant from the State Art Fund.

For his poetry collection Heptameron (1989) he was awarded the Søren Gyldendal Prize. At the same time he became a member of Det Danske Akademi. After the publication of the volume of poetry Eventyr (1992), he worked temporarily as a translator for the English language in the electronic manuscript collection of the Danish Royal Library .

Høeck's poems have a broad systematic scope and range from the interpretation of classical sonnets such as Topia eller Che Guevara (1978) and Sorte sonetter: et digt (1981) to the almost pure laying of letters in Rejse (1971 to 1973) and Hjem (1985) ).

In 2008, with Palimpsest over et århundrede, another important collection of poems was published, which contains poems about 20th century music , visual arts and poetry . For this volume of poetry he was not only awarded the Critics' Prize in 2008, but also received a cash prize of 75,000 crowns from the Literature Committee of the State Art Fund.

Høeck has been married to Anne-Marie Mai since 1985 , a writer and professor of literature at the University of Southern Denmark .

Other works

  • Transformations: digte , 1974
  • Pentagram , 1976
  • Project Perseus: data og science fiction digte , 1977
  • Ulrike Marie Meinhof. et digt: firdobbelt sonetkreds: 1. bind af en trilogi , 1977
  • Skygger: et efterårsdigt , 1978
  • Dylan forever , 1979
  • Winter trip: digte: dobbelte sonetkredse. 2. bind af en trilogi: Curse of Capitalism , 1979
  • Bowie, Bowie , 1980
  • Eno one , 1980
  • Nul , 1980
  • Eno high , 1983
  • Metamorphoses: digte , 1983
  • Blackberry Winter , 1987
  • Blåvand revisited: et topografisk digt i 4 moduler , 1984
  • Marienbad , 1984
  • Lukas O'Kech: en digtroman , 1988
  • Udvalgte graduated in 1988
  • Heptameron , 1989
  • Salme , 1991
  • 1001 digt , 1995
  • Homage , 1995
  • Honeymoon , 1997
  • In nomine , 2001
  • Canzone: finished from Nørrebro , 2003
  • Hsieh: prototypes , 2004
  • Heartland , 2006

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personal data
SURNAME Høeck, Klaus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish poet
DATE OF BIRTH November 27, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Copenhagen