Peter Laugesen (born 5 March 1942 in Copenhagen) is a Danish poet and playwright and was member of the

Situationist International The Situationist International (SI) was an international organization of social revolutionaries made up of avant-garde artists, intellectuals, and political theorists. It was prominent in Europe from its formation in 1957 to its dissolution ...

. Peter Laugesen lives in

Aarhus Aarhus (, , ; officially spelled Århus from 1948 until 1 January 2011) is the second-largest city in Denmark and the seat of Aarhus Municipality. It is located on the eastern shore of Jutland in the Kattegat sea and approximately northwest ...

and he graduated from

Aarhus Cathedral School Aarhus Katedralskole is a cathedral school, an institution of secondary education, a Danish Gymnasium and a listed building in Aarhus, Denmark. The school is situated in the neighborhood Midtbyen, in the Latin Quarter, bounded by the streets ...

in 1961 and trained as a typographer. He became a member of the

in 1962. He was attracted by the writing of

Ivan Chtcheglov Ivan Vladimirovitch Chtcheglov ( Russian: Ива́н Влади́мирович Щегло́в; 16 January 1933 – 21 April 1998), also known as Gilles Ivain, was a French political theorist, activist and poet, born in Paris to Russian parents ...

and contacted Jeppesen Victor Martin and participated in a Situationist exhibition in Denmark. He was then invited to France where he met

Guy Debord Guy-Ernest Debord (; ; 28 December 1931 – 30 November 1994) was a French Marxist theorist, philosopher, filmmaker, critic of work, member of the Letterist International, founder of a Letterist faction, and founding member of the Situationis ...

and

Michèle Bernstein Michèle Bernstein (born 28 April 1932) is a French novelist and critic, most often remembered as a member of the Situationist International from its foundation in 1957 until 1967, and as the first wife of its most prominent member, Guy Debord. ...

and was attracted to the dérive as a poetic practice. He was also influenced by

Alexander Trocchi Alexander Whitelaw Robertson Trocchi ( ; 30 July 1925 – 15 April 1984) was a Scottish novelist. Early life and career Trocchi was born in Glasgow to Alfred (formerly Alfredo) Trocchi, a music-hall performer of Italian parentage, and Annie ...

and his book '' Cain's Book''. He was expelled in 1963. situationist international archive
chronology : 1963 November 12. Exclusion of Peter Laugesen, Scandinavian section. because he refused to give up poetic practice. It was only later that he met Jørgen Nash with whom he became good friends. He published his first collection of poems, ''Landscape'', in 1967. In 1992, Peter Laugesen received the Grand Prize of the Danish Academy. In 2003 he was awarded the Danish Critics Prize for Literature (Kritikerprisen). Since 1997 he has been a member of the Danish Academy. Laugesen has performed and released CDs with ''Mind Spray'', ''Sing Vogel'' and ''Christian Vuust''. He also contributes media and social commentary, in particular for ''Dagbladet Information''. For many years Peter Laugesen collaborated with the author Dan Turèll who at one time lived next door. They subsequently continued their intense dialogue by letter, and also produced joint publications. In 1969, they participated both at Hindsgavl seminar in 1969 with Kristen Bjorn Kjaer, who also took part in joint publishing projects Bardo. Some of the texts from Hindsgavl seminar is preserved in a small folder. In addition, the two double-bonded by the Font that is an art book, rather than a collection of texts. Peter Laugesen has a humble, anarchistic approach to writing practice, with deep roots in

Beat poetry The Beat Generation was a literary subculture movement started by a group of authors whose work explored and influenced American culture and politics in the post-war era. The bulk of their work was published and popularized by Silent Generatione ...

, inspired by writers like Allen Ginsberg,

Jack Kerouac Jean-Louis Lebris de Kérouac (; March 12, 1922 – October 21, 1969), known as Jack Kerouac, was an American novelist and poet who, alongside William S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg, was a pioneer of the Beat Generation. Of French-Canadian a ...

and William Burroughs: the beautiful and the ugly cannot be separated but are interdependent. Peter Laugesen has applied his language skills to translation e.g. '' Tender Buttons'' by Gertrude Stein. He found this harder than translating James Joyce's '' Finnegans Wake'' which he has been working on for over twenty years. He has also translated Emil Nolde and

Arthur Köpcke Arthur Köpcke (Born 1928 in Hamburg - Died 1977 in Copenhagen) (aka Arthur Køpcke), was a German-born artist known for his contributions to the first generation of Fluxus. Köpcke’s work includes paintings, scrolls, literary works, objects, co ...

. In 1999 he translated Novalis' ''Hymns to the night'' which Henry Sartou dramatized for Miss Anne Theatre. Peter Laugesen has been a member of the committee which nominates Danish writers for the annual Nordic Council Literature Prize for several years. He was co-editor of the journal ''Tumor''. He sits in the Odin Theatre's board of directors.

Poetry

Quote from a commemorative poem from ''Pjaltetider'', Borgen (1997): :''Words that came creeping up around the wall '' :''as tropical insects, full of new meaning '' :''and yet are not significantly different from, '' :''what Simon and Sperling wrote about football and dreams. '' :''It was the same, just the same, always the same '' :''and it is still the same.'' :''Poetry so should be as specific as it is far ...'' * ''Dobbeltskrift'' (English: ''Double Writing''), 1973 - with Dan Turèll * ''Digte m. m.'' (English: ''Poems and more''), 1973 - with Dan Turèll,

Jens Smærup Sørensen Jens may refer to: * Jens (given name), a list of people with the name * Jens (surname), a list of people * Jens, Switzerland, a municipality * 1719 Jens, an asteroid See also * Jensen (disambiguation) * Jenssi Joensuu (; krl, Jovensuu; ) i ...

, &

Henning Mortensen Henning is a surname, also used as a given name, with origins in East Prussia (now part of Germany). Henning may also refer to: People with Henning as a surname * A. J. Henning (born 2002), American football player * Andrew Henning (1863–1 ...

References

External links

Peter Laugesen "Walking Provides Inner Peace" in conversation with Christian Lund for the Louisiana channel.
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art.
Peter Laugesen Biography AarhusWiki (In Danish)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Laugesen, Peter 1946 births Danish male poets People from Aarhus Living people Recipients of the Grand Prize of the Danish Academy 20th-century Danish poets 20th-century Danish male writers Situationists