Carl Erik Soya

Carl Erik Soya Martin ( born October 30, 1896 in Copenhagen, † November 10, 1983 in Rudkøbing ) was a Danish writer.

Life

He grew up in Copenhagen, and in 1915 was able to make his high school to work as a freelance writer by the legacy of his parents. In his 20 major dramas to Soya showed as a sharp critic of the petty-bourgeois Milleus. He inveighed against the stupidity and selfishness of the brave Danes. In the 30 years he devoted himself to pieces in the Freudian style. From 1940 Soya wrote neorealist pieces.

Awards

Works (selection)

  • Parasiterne ( the parasite ), 1926
  • Umbahumba Skifter forfatning ( Umbahumba change the Constitution ), 1935
  • Hvem he jeg? ( Who am I? ), 1932
  • Blindebuk eller kan det Sadan gå ( blind man's buff, or it can go ) 4 pieces, 1940-1948
  • Sytten, 1953
  • Spørgsmål uden svar ( question without an answer ), 1979
Grand Prize of the Danish Academy
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