Benny Andersen (7 November 1929 – 16 August 2018)
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'' BT'' 17 August 2018 was a Danish poet, author, songwriter, composer and pianist. He is often remembered for his collaboration with the singer
Povl Dissing; together they released an album with Andersen's poems from the collection ''Svantes viser''. This album and Andersen's book "''Svantes viser''" (Svante's Songs) from 1972 were included by the Danish Ministry of Culture in the
Danish Culture Canon
The Danish Culture Canon ( da, Kulturkanonen) consists of 108 works of cultural excellence in eight categories: architecture, visual arts, design and crafts, film, literature, music, performing arts, and children's culture. An initiative of Brian ...
in 2006, in the category "Popular music". Andersen's "''Samlede digte''" (Collected poems) have sold more than 100,000 copies in Denmark.
In Denmark, Benny Andersen was also a well-known author of children's literature and in 1971, he was awarded the
Ministry of Culture's children book prize ("''Kulturministeriets Børnebogspris''"). In the 1980s, his books about the fantastical creature Snøvsen, became widely popular and later inspired two films in the early 90s.
Andersen became a member of the
Danish Academy
Danish Academy is an independent organisation founded in 1960 by a circle of Danish intellectuals "to promote Danish esprit and language, especially within the field of literature". It has up to 20 members, currently 18, and is based at Rungstedl ...
(Det Danske Akademi) in 1972.
His wife, the jurist Elisabeth Ehmer, reported that Benny Andersen died in the family home in
Sorgenfri
Sorgenfri (lit. "free of sorrow", like Sans Souci) is a neighbourhood in Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality in Greater Copenhagen lying just north of Kongens Lyngby.
The neighbourhood is enclosed between the landmarks of a forest with Lyngby Åmose, M ...
, north of
Copenhagen
Copenhagen ( or .; da, København ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a proper population of around 815.000 in the last quarter of 2022; and some 1.370,000 in the urban area; and the wider Copenhagen metropolitan ar ...
, on 16 August 2018.
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Selected bibliography
Some of Benny Andersen's notable poem collections, includes:
* ''Den musikalske ål'', 1960
* ''Kamera med køkkenadgang'', 1962
* ''Nikke Nikke Nambo og andre danske børnerim og remser, 1963
* ''Den indre bowlerhat'', 1964
* ''Portrætgalleri'', 1966
* ''Det sidste øh og andre digte'', 1969
* ''Her i reservatet'', 1971
* ''Svantes viser'', Borgen, 1972
* ''Personlige papirer'', 1974
* ''Under begge øjne'', 1978
* ''Himmelspræt (eller kunsten at komme til verden)'', 1979
* ''Tiden og storken'', 1985
* ''H.C. Andersens land'', 1985
* ''Chagall og skorpiondans'', 1991
* ''Denne kommen og gåen'', 1993
* ''Mit liv som indvandrer'', 1993
* ''Verdensborger i Danmark'', 1995
* ''Verden udenfor syltetøjsglasset'', 1996
* ''Sjælen marineret'', 2001
* ''Svantes lykkelige dag'', 2003
* ''Spredte digte'', 2005
* ''Den Vilde Ungdom'', 2005
* ''Kram'', 2009
* ''Den nøgne mand'', 2010
A few of his short stories:
* ''Bukserne'', 1963
* ''Et lykkeligt menneske'', 1968
* ''Samlede noveller'', 2003
Sources
Biography from biografi.dk
in Danish).
Benny Andersen - Biography from ''Litteratur.dk''
(in Danish).
Benny Andersen - Literature prizes
(in Danish).
References
External links
The-discographer.dk, Benny Andersen's bibliography with photos
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1929 births
2018 deaths
Danish male poets
Danish composers
Male composers
Danish pianists
Danish male short story writers
20th-century Danish poets
21st-century Danish poets
20th-century Danish short story writers
21st-century Danish short story writers
20th-century Danish male writers
21st-century Danish male writers
Male pianists
Musicians from Copenhagen