Otto Sandgreen

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Johannes Otto Kristian Sigvard Sandgreen (born October 28, 1914 in Ilimanaq , † September 19, 1999 in Qeqertarsuaq ) was a Greenlandic writer , painter , pastor , catechist and teacher .

Life

Otto was the son of Svend Ole Ebenezer Sandgreen and his wife Johanne Sara Andrea Lohmann.

Otto Sandgreen attended the Efterskole in Aasiaat from 1928 to 1930 and then the University and Grønlands Seminarium in Nuuk . In 1934 he became a catechist and teacher in Qeqertarsuaq and Aasiaat, before he was ordained a priest in Nuuk in 1938 . In the same year he became pastor and headmaster in Qaanaaq , moved to Qeqertarsuaq in 1944 and to Qullissat in 1945 . In 1948 he spent a year in Denmark and returned to Qeqertarsuaq as a pastor in 1949, but moved to Uummannaq in 1950 and on to Ittoqqortoormiit in 1953 , where he stayed until 1958. From 1959 to 1963 he was the pastor of Tasiilaq and then for a year in Maniitsoq . In 1964 he became the visitation provost for North Greenland and 1967 for South Greenland before retiring in 1975. In the same year he founded the literary society Kalaallit Atuakkiortut (Grønlands Forfattere) together with Ole Brandt and Hans Lynge . In 1984 he also founded his own publishing house . The Johanne og Ole Sandgreens Fond , which supports Christian fiction , also goes back to him .

Otto Sandgreen wrote 44 books as the author, which mainly revolve around the Greenlandic hunting culture and East Greenlandic shamanism . His works were written with great historical care. He had acquired this knowledge from his activities as a pastor and from the stories of the ancients.

He was awarded the silver Nersornaat on September 10, 1990 and the gold award on June 1, 1998. In 1980 he had already received the award from the Greenland Writers' Association and in 1982 the Greenland Culture Prize .

Otto Sandgreen was married to Louisa Andersen and had three foster children in Kenya .

Works

  • 1952: Alĩkutagssiat
  • 1964: Ernerminik akiniússissoĸ: tunuamiut oĸalugtuaisa oĸalualâvisalo ilait ãmalo ivngerutit pisitdlo ilait
  • 1964: Nuánersorâse Avangnâta
  • 1967: Øje for øje og tand for tand / Isse issimik kigutdlo kigúmik
  • 1968: Únúkûtâĸ
  • 1971: En vegstensampe / Kutdleĸ uvkusigssaĸ
  • 1971: 1721–1971: ukiut 250-íngorneráne Hans Egedep nunavtínut pineranit
  • 1972: Min eskimoiske fortid: en østgrønlandsk åndemaners erindringer / Taimana gûtimik nalussûgama
  • 1972: Piniartorssuaĸ
  • 1973: K'eĸertarssuaĸ: K'eĸertaĸ igdloĸarfigdlo
  • 1974: Glædelig påske! / Pôrskime pivdluarit!
  • 1974: Ajoĸe
  • 1975: Angerĸingningne pivdluarit
  • 1978: Ring og pind spil / Ajagarneĸ
  • 1978: Ikaarlutit ikioriartortigut
  • 1979: Taigdliara
  • 1979: Qimmera »Meqqujooq«
  • 1979: Nanuaraq
  • 1980: Atâtatdlo anânatdlo atarĸíkit
  • 1984: En julehilsen / Jûtdlime ilagsingníssut
  • 1885: Om Aluk-boeren og Plejesønnen / Alummiumik ernersiamillu
  • 1986: Skoledrengen Arno / Nukappiaraq atuartoq Aarnu
  • 1986–1993: K'ivítoĸarporôĸ (3 volumes)
  • 1987: Jûtdlisiutíka
  • 1989: Nordstjernen / Avangnâta uvdloriâ: avanerssuarmut ajoĸersuiartortitsinerup uvdluinit siugdlernit
  • 1989: Papik - Friedrich Christian: ajoĸit kalâtdlit siugdlersât
  • 1989: Ánáussiniardlune sapîtsuliornerssuaĸ November 17, 1924
  • 1989–1992: Angerdlamik Angerdlasinamigdlo kinguâvinigdlo oĸalugtuat (3 volumes)
  • 1991: Grønlands kirke / Nunatsinni oqaluffiit
  • 1991: Nunaqarfik Ilimanaq 1741-1991
  • 1992: Usuligssuammik akamalingmigdlo
  • 1992–1993: Inoqeigiinnut juullisiutit (2 volumes)
  • 1993: Glædelig jul / Juullimi pilluaqqussut
  • 1994: Ammassalik fylder 100 år: uddrag af grundlæggernes dagbøger including korte biografier af samme / Ammassalik 100-liivoq: tunngaviliisut ullorsiutaannit tigulaakkat tunngaviliisunillu kinaassusiliitsiarneq
  • 1994: Sandgreen-slægten 1759-1959 / Sandgreenit kinguaariit 1759-1959
  • 1995: Den grønlandske menighed i dag / Ilagiit kalaallit ullumi
  • 1996: Napparsimasunga takusarpassinga
  • 1997: Oqaluttuartoq

Source:

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Church registers Qasigiannguit 1910–1933 (Born boys I p. 7)
  2. ↑ Church registers Qasigiannguit 1890–1909 (married people, p. 122)
  3. ↑ a b Jan. René Westh: Ordenshistorisk Tidsskrift . Ed .: Ordenshistorisk Selskab . tape 36 , December 2010, ISSN  0904-5554 , p. 63 .
  4. ↑ a b c necrologists from Aqqaluk Lynge , Otto Steenholdt , Johan Lund Olsen and Jens Brønden in the Atuagagdliutit of September 23, 1999
  5. ↑ Biography in Dansk biografisk leksikon
  6. ↑ Otto Sandgreen at bibliotek.dk
personal data
SURNAME Sandgreen, Otto
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sandgreen, Johannes Otto Kristian Sigvard (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Greenlandic writer, painter, pastor, catechist and teacher
DATE OF BIRTH October 28, 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH Ilimanaq
DATE OF DEATH September 19, 1999
Place of death Qeqertarsuaq