Peter Adolphsen
Peter Adolphsen (born September 1, 1972 in Aarhus ) is a Danish writer.
Life
He grew up in Aalborg , Vienna and Green Bay ( Wisconsin ), attended the Nordic Drama School at the Aarhus Theater and the Forfatterskolen (authors' academy) in Copenhagen . He lived in Spain for several years and studied Arabic there in Córdoba , among other things . Since 2000 he has been a freelancer for the Danish daily newspaper Information .
Adolphsen made his debut as a poet in 1991 as a poet in an anthology edited by Poul Borum , but he was best known for two volumes of Små Historier (Little Stories), published in 1996 and 2000. Although the author usually limits himself to one or two pages, he deals with existential questions of humanity in his often bizarre and grotesque texts. In the 70-page short story Brummstein (Brummstein) published in 2003, German history of the 20th century becomes the subject of literature in a very original way . A weakly radioactive stone from the Hölloch cave system in Switzerland moves from hand to hand, ends up in the possession of an anarchist , a Jewish girl and an avant-garde artist influenced by Joseph Beuys . In this way, the stone experienced the Weimar Republic , the Second World War , the GDR and the West German post-war period .
The stylistically very elaborate prose texts of Adolphsen are in the tradition of authors such as Franz Kafka , Jorge Luis Borges , Raymond Queneau , Per Højholt or Peter Seeberg .
Works
- Små historier (Little Stories) 1996
- Små historier 2 (Little stories 2) 2000
- Brummstein (Brummstein) 2003
- Machine (Machine) 2006
- En million historier 2007
- Catalog nia. En versroman [together with Ejlert Nyhavn] 2009
- År 9 efter Loopet (In the year 9 after the loop) 2013
Translations
- Little stories [selection from Små historier and Små historier 2 ]. In: Occasional snowfall. New texts from Scandinavia. Edited by Klaus Böldl and Uwe Englert. Frankfurt / Main: S. Fischer Verlag, 2004 [= Neue Rundschau , 115, issue 3]. ISBN 3-10-809058-5
- Brummstein. From the Danish by Hanns Grössel. Zurich: Nagel and Kimche, 2005. ISBN 3-312-00362-8
- The heart of the original horse. From the Danish by Hanns Grössel. Zurich: Nagel and Kimche, 2008. ISBN 978-3-312-00414-0
Web links
- Peter Adolphsen's official homepage
- Literature by and about Peter Adolphsen in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Adolphsen, Peter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Danish writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1st September 1972 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Aarhus , Denmark |