Henrik Nordbrandt (21 March 1945 – 31 January 2023) was a Danish poet, novelist, and essayist. He made his literary debut in 1966 with the poetry collection ''Digte''. He was awarded the

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in 2000 for the poetry collection '' Drømmebroer'' ("Dream Bridges"). Although a Danish writer, he spent much of his life in the

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and this is said to have had an influence on his writing. In 2007 the Polish painter Kasia Banas carried out a project that included paintings inspired by the poetry of Nordbrandt."Lysår/Light Years" 2010

Works

* ''Digte'' (1966)Web page title

at the Poetry International website, retrieved 29 January 2010 * ''Miniaturer'' (1967) * ''Syvsoverne'' (1969) * ''Omgivelser'' (1972) * ''Opbrud og ankomster'' ("Departures and Arrivals"), Copenhagen: Gylandal, 72 pages (

1974 Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; f ...

)Web page title
"Henrik Nordbrandt"
at the Literatur.siden website, retrieved 29 January 2010 * ''Ode til blæksprutten og andre kærlighedsdigte'' ("Ode to the Octopus and Other Love Poems"), Copenhagen: Gyldendal, 55 pages (

1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...

) * ''Glas'' ("Glass") Copenhagen: Gyldendal, 53 pages (

1976 Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phila ...

) * ''Istid'' (1977) * ''Guds hus'' (1977) * ''Breve fra en ottoman'' (1978) * ''Rosen fra Lesbos'' (1979) * ''Spøgelseslege'' (1979) * ''Forsvar for vinden under døren'' (1980) * ''Armenia'' (1982) * ''84 digte'' ("84 Poems"); Copenhagen: Gyldendal, 125 pages (

1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast A ...

) * ''Armenia'' (1984) * ''Violinbyggernes by'' (1985) * ''Håndens skælven i november'' (1986) * ''Vandspejlet'' (1989) * ''Glemmesteder'' (1991) * ''Støvets tyngde'' (1992) * ''Ormene ved himlens port'' (1995) * ''Egne digte'' ("Own Poems"), Copenhagen: Gyldendal, 289 pages (

2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from ...

) * '' Drømmebroer'' ("Dream Bridges") (2000) * ''Besøgstid'' ('Visiting Hours') (

2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple's first iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakistani Prime Minister of Pakistan, Pr ...

)van der Liet, Henk, translated by Russell Dees
"Images, Sounds and the Return of the Divine? Some Forays into Danish Poetry 2007"
, ''Danish Poetry Magazine'', Spring 2008, retrieved 1 January 2010

Awards

*1990: Swedish Academy Nordic Prize *2000:

, for ''Drømmebroer'' ("Dream Bridges")

References

External links

A Poet's Odyssey. A video interview with Henrik Nordbrandt
Video by

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Nordbrandt, Henrik 1945 births 2023 deaths Danish male poets Nordic Council Literature Prize winners Recipients of the Grand Prize of the Danish Academy University of Copenhagen alumni Danish male novelists 20th-century Danish poets 20th-century Danish novelists 20th-century Danish male writers People from Frederiksberg