Henrik Nordbrandt

Henrik Nordbrandt (born 21 March 1945) is a Danish poet, novelist and essayist. He made his literary debut in 1966 with the poetry collection Digte. He was awarded the Nordic Council's Literature Prize in 2000 for the poetry collection' Drømmebroer ("Dream Bridges").

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• Henrik nordbrandt
• Works
• Awards
• References

Although a Danish writer he has spent much of his life in the Mediterranean and this is said to have had an influence on his writing.

In 2007 the Polish painter Kasia Banas carried out a project including paintings inspired by the poetry of Henrik Nordbrandt.

Works

Digte (1966)

Miniaturer (1967)

Syvsoverne (1969)

Omgivelser (1972)

Opbrud og ankomster ("Departures and Arrivals"), Copenhagen: Gylandal, 72 pages (1974)

Ode til blæksprutten og andre kærlighedsdigte ("Ode to Cephalopods and Other Love Poems"), Copenhagen: Gyldendal, 55 pages (1975)

Glas ("Glass") Copenhagen: Gyldendal, 53 pages (1976)

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)

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)

Drømmebroer ("Dream Bridges") (2000)

Besøgstid ('Visiting Hours') (2007)

Awards

Nordic Council's Literature Prize 2000, for Drømmebroer ("Dream Bridges")

In 1990 he was awarded the Swedish Academy Nordic Prize ("little Nobel").