Henrik Nordbrandt

Henrik Nordbrandt ( born March 21, 1945 in Frederiksberg Kommune, Capital Region ) is a Danish writer and poet, who was awarded the Literature Prize of the Nordic Council in 2000 for his book of poems Drømmebroer.

Life

Nordbrandt studied post-school Arabic, Chinese and Turkish at the University of Copenhagen and made ​​his literary debut in 1966 with the poetry defendant.

For his following numerous volumes of poetry, he has won several awards and received, among other things, in 1980 the Grand Prize of the Danish Academy, in 1984 the critics prizes for poetry collection 84 defendant and the 1987 SÃ ¸ ren - Gyldendal price. For his collection of poems Drømmebroer he was also awarded the 2000 Literature Prize of the Nordic Council.

His poems are mainly influenced by the cities, landscapes and climate in the Mediterranean, since he spent most of his adult life in Turkey, Greece and Italy. As an avowed atheist, he often sat with his view irrelevance of religion apart, but took on the other hand, that there are key messages for the daily life of Christianity.

In addition to his more than twenty books of poetry, he also wrote the novel Finkelstein blodige bazar (1983 ), the two children's books Tifanfaya (1990 ) and The Elektriske mus ( 1993) and a book about the Turkish cuisine with the title Damelår og andre specialiteter (1994). In 2002 published his memoirs, entitled doden fra Lübeck.

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  • Miniaturer (1967)
  • Syvsoverne (1969)
  • Omgivelser (1972 )
  • Opbrud above ankomster (1974 )
  • Ode til og andre blæksprutten kærlighedsdigte (1975 )
  • Glass (1976)
  • Istid (1977 )
  • Guds hus (1977 )
  • Breve fra en ottoman (1978 )
  • Rosen fra Lesbos (1979 )
  • Spogelselege (1979)
  • Forsvar for vinden under corridors (1980 )
  • Armenia ( 1982)
  • Armenia ( 1984)
  • Violinbyggernes by ( 1985)
  • Handens skælven i november (1986 )
  • Vandspejlet (1989)
  • Glemmesteder (1991)
  • Stovets tyngde (1992)
  • Ormene ved himlens port (1995 )
  • Egne Digte (2000)
  • Defendant = Poems, ISBN 3-926608-13-7, 1988
  • Glemmesteder: defendant; Forgotten places: poems, ISBN 3-926608-77-3, 1993
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