Peer Hultberg
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Peer Hultberg was a Danish
author
and psychoanalyst.
Peer Hultberg was born in Vangede
north of Copenhagen
and lived in Horsens
and Viborg
during his child and teenage years. From 1953 he studied at the University of Copenhagen
(french, musicology
and Slavic languages
). He lived for some years in Skopje
and Warszawa and then moved to London
in 1959. He continued his studies of slavic languages at the University of London
and achieved a B.A.
in 1963.
Hultberg was a lecturer of polish language and literature at the University of London for a couple of years while writing his thesis on the literary style of Wacław Berent. Having received his Ph.D.
, he moved back to his native country as a lecturer of the same subject at the University of Copenhagen in 1968. In 1973 he started studying psychoanalysis
at the C. G. Jung Institute in Zürich
getting a diploma
in 1978.
He moved to Hamburg
and worked as a psychoanalyst for several years.
His writing career started in 1968 when he publiced to novels, but his breakthrough came with Requiem from 1985, a novel of 611 pages and 537 chapters. His other major achievement is Byen og verden from 1992 for which he was awarded the Danish Critics' Prize and later Nordic Council
Literature Prize. In 2004, Hultberg received the Danish Academy Prize.
Denmark
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author
Author
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and psychoanalyst.
Peer Hultberg was born in Vangede
Vangede
Vangede is a suburb 8 km northwest of central Copenhagen. The city is primarily made up of one and two family houses and two and three story apartment buildings. The suburb is connected with the S-train with 2 stations Vangede and Dyssegård.-Notable people:...
north of Copenhagen
Copenhagen
Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...
and lived in Horsens
Horsens
Horsens is a Danish city in east Jutland. It is the site of the council of Horsens municipality. The city's population is 53,807 and the Horsens municipality's population is 82,835 ....
and Viborg
Viborg, Denmark
Viborg , a town in central Jutland, Denmark, is the seat of both Viborg municipality and Region Midtjylland. Viborg is also the seat of the Western High Court, the High Court for the Jutland peninsula...
during his child and teenage years. From 1953 he studied at the University of Copenhagen
University of Copenhagen
The University of Copenhagen is the oldest and largest university and research institution in Denmark. Founded in 1479, it has more than 37,000 students, the majority of whom are female , and more than 7,000 employees. The university has several campuses located in and around Copenhagen, with the...
(french, musicology
Musicology
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and Slavic languages
Slavic languages
The Slavic languages , a group of closely related languages of the Slavic peoples and a subgroup of Indo-European languages, have speakers in most of Eastern Europe, in much of the Balkans, in parts of Central Europe, and in the northern part of Asia.-Branches:Scholars traditionally divide Slavic...
). He lived for some years in Skopje
Skopje
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and Warszawa and then moved to London
London
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in 1959. He continued his studies of slavic languages at the University of London
University of London
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and achieved a B.A.
Bachelor of Arts
A Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...
in 1963.
Hultberg was a lecturer of polish language and literature at the University of London for a couple of years while writing his thesis on the literary style of Wacław Berent. Having received his Ph.D.
Ph.D.
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, he moved back to his native country as a lecturer of the same subject at the University of Copenhagen in 1968. In 1973 he started studying psychoanalysis
Psychoanalysis
Psychoanalysis is a psychological theory developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries by Austrian neurologist Sigmund Freud. Psychoanalysis has expanded, been criticized and developed in different directions, mostly by some of Freud's former students, such as Alfred Adler and Carl Gustav...
at the C. G. Jung Institute in Zürich
C. G. Jung Institute in Zürich
The C.G. Jung Institute in Zürich, Switzerland was founded in 1948 by the psychiatrist Carl Gustav Jung, the founder of Analytical Psychology...
getting a diploma
Diploma
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in 1978.
He moved to Hamburg
Hamburg
-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...
and worked as a psychoanalyst for several years.
His writing career started in 1968 when he publiced to novels, but his breakthrough came with Requiem from 1985, a novel of 611 pages and 537 chapters. His other major achievement is Byen og verden from 1992 for which he was awarded the Danish Critics' Prize and later Nordic Council
Nordic Council
The Nordic Council is a geo-political, inter-parliamentary forum for co-operation between the Nordic countries. It was established following World War II and its first concrete result was the introduction in 1952 of a common labour market and free movement across borders without passports for the...
Literature Prize. In 2004, Hultberg received the Danish Academy Prize.
Writings
Danish titles by Peer Hultberg (noneare translated to English):- Mytologisk landskab med Daphnes forvandling (novel, 1968)
- Desmond! (novel, 1968)
- Requiem (novel, 1985)
- Slagne veje (novel, 1988)
- Præludier (novel, 1989)
- Byen og verden (novel, 1992)
- Kronologi (novel, 1995)
- De skrøbelige (play, 1998)
- Fædra (play, 2000)
- Kunstgreb (play, 2000)
- Min verden - bogstavligt talt (biography, 2005)
- Vredens nat (novel, 2008)