Henrik Nordbrandt
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Henrik Nordbrandt is a Danish
poet, novelist and essayist. He made his literary debut in 1966 with the poetry collection Digte. He was awarded the Nordic Council's Literature Prize in 2000 for the poetry collection' Drømmebroer ("Dream Bridges"). Although a Danish writer he has spent much of his life in the Mediterranean and this is said to have had an influence on his writing.
Danish language
Danish is a North Germanic language spoken by around six million people, principally in the country of Denmark. It is also spoken by 50,000 Germans of Danish ethnicity in the northern parts of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, where it holds the status of minority language...
poet, novelist and essayist. He made his literary debut in 1966 with the poetry collection Digte. He was awarded the Nordic Council's Literature Prize in 2000 for the poetry collection' Drømmebroer ("Dream Bridges"). Although a Danish writer he has spent much of his life in the Mediterranean and this is said to have had an influence on his writing.
Works
- Digte (1966)
- Miniaturer (1967)
- Syvsoverne (1969)
- Omgivelser (1972)
- Opbrud og ankomster ("Departures and Arrivals"), Copenhagen: Gylandal, 72 pages (19741974 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:*The Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics is founded by Allen Ginsberg and Anne Waldman....
) - Ode til blæksprutten og andre kærlighedsdigte ("Ode to Cephalopods and Other Love Poems"), Copenhagen: Gylendal, 55 pages (19751975 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* With the 1974, fall of the dictatorship in Greece, poets, authors and intellectuals who had fled after the coup of 1967 returned, and this year many began publishing in that country.* Brick Books, a...
) - Glas ("Glass") Copenhagen: Gylendal, 53 pages (19761976 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* Two poems written in 1965 by Mao Zedong just before the Cultural Revolution, including "Two Birds: A Dialogue", are published on January 1-Works published in English:Listed by nation where the work...
) - Istid (1977)
- Guds hus (1977)
- Breve fra en ottoman (1978)
- Rosen fra Lesbos (1979)
- Spogelselege (1979)
- Forsvar for vinden under doren (1980)
- Armenia (1982)
- 84 digte ("84 Poems"); Copenhagen: Gylendal, 125 pages (19841984 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:*December 19 - Philip Larkin turns down the British Poet Laureateship, and Ted Hughes becomes Poet Laureate....
) - Armenia (1984)
- Violinbyggernes by (1985)
- Håndens skælven i november (1986)
- Vandspejlet (1989)
- Glemmesteder (1991)
- Stovets tyngde (1992)
- Ormene ved himlens port (1995)
- Egne digte ("Own Poems"), Copenhagen: Gylendal, 289 pages (20002000 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* Griffin Poetry Prize is established, with one award given each year for the best work by a Canadian poet and one award given for best work in the English language internationally.* February —...
) - Drømmebroer ("Dream Bridges") (2000)
- Besøgstid ('Visiting Hours') (20072007 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* March 5: a car bomb was exploded on Mutanabbi Street in Baghdad. More than 30 people were killed and more than 100 were wounded. This locale is the historic center of Baghdad bookselling, a winding...
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