Thorkild Bjørnvig

Thorkild Strange Bjørnvig (Danish: [ˈtʰɔkilˀ 'bjɶɐnviˀ]) (February 2, 1918, Aarhus, Denmark – March 5, 2004, Samsø) was a Danish author and poet.^[1] His 1955 collection of poems Anubis is a part of the Danish Culture Canon.^[2] He studied literature at the University of Copenhagen and his prize winning MA thesis (1947) was about Rainer Maria Rilke whose works he later translated into Danish. With Bjørn Poulsen he founded the literary journal Heretica as a reaction against the modernist and realist wave in Danish literature that had prevailed in the years before the War.

Among his poetry collections are Stjærnen bag Gavlen (1947), Anubis (1955), Figur og Ild (1959), Ravnen (1968) Morgenmørke (1977), Gennem regnbuen (1987) og Siv, vand og måne (1993). He also published essays about Danish and international authors such as Frank Jæger, Sophus Claussen, Rilke and Edgar Allan Poe.^[1]

In a series of autobiographical books he described his complicated friendship with Karen Blixen from 1948 to 1955 (Pagten', 1974), his childhood (Solens have og skolegården, 1983; Hjørnestuen og månehavet, 1984) and his time as a student during and after World War II (Jordens hjerte, 1986; Ønsket, 1987).^[1]

Bibliography

• Stjærnen bag gavlen. Gyldendal 1947.
• Martin A. Hansens digtning. 1949.
• Anubis. Poems. Gyldendal 1955.
• Figur og ild. Poems. Gyldendal 1959.
• Begyndelsen. Essays. 1960.
• Vibrationer. Gyldendal 1966.
• Ravnen. Gyldendal 1968.
• Pagten. Mit venskab med Karen Blixen. 1974.
• Delfinen. Miljødigte 1970-75. Gyldendal 1975.
• Stoffets krystalhav. 1975.
• Morgenmørke. Digte. 1977.
• Også for naturens skyld. Ecological essays. 1978.
• Gennem regnbuen. 1987.
• Den følende planet. Seven essays 1959-86. 1988.

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