Thorkild Hansen

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Name Thorkild Hansen Role Novelist		Movies Hamsun

Died February 4, 1989, Caribbean Awards Nordic Council's Literature Prize, De Gyldne Laurbaer Books Arabia Felix: The Danish E, Islands of Slaves, Ships of Slaves, Processen mod Hamsun, The Way to Hudson Bay: The Similar People Marie Hamsun, Jan Troell, Per Olov Enquist, Max von Sydow, Adolf Hitler

Thorkild Hansen (9 January 1927 – 4 February 1989) was a Danish novelist known for his Slave Trilogy. He also wrote books about Knut Hamsun and volumes of travel writing. In 1971 he won the Nordic Council's Literature Prize. He is known as one of the most read novelists in Danish literature. He died prematurely, during a voyage in the Caribbean.

Selected works

Arabia Felix: The Danish Expedition of 1761-1767 (Det lykkelige Arabien, 1962)

Coast of Slaves (Slavernes kyst, 1967)

Ships of Slaves (Slavernes skibe, 1968)

The Way to Hudson Bay: The Life and Times of Jens Munk (Jens Munk, 1969)

Islands of Slaves (Slavernes øer, 1970)

Processen mod Hamsun, 1978 (apparently never translated into English), adapted as a film (1996) with Max von Sydow as Knut Hamsun.

References

Thorkild Hansen Wikipedia

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