William Heinesen (1900–1991)
Auteur de The Lost Musicians
A propos de l'auteur
As a young man in the Faroe Islands, William Heinesen thought of a profession in art or music. His early poetry from the 1920s---he writes in Danish rather than Faroese---demonstrates keen sensitivity to the powerful sensual contrasts of nature in the Atlantic islands. In the 1930s, his elegiac and afficher plus ecstatic pantheism had a strong effect on readers' social awareness. Of novels from this period, Noatun (1938) has appeared in an English translation in Great Britain. In this novel, the reader meets the vital people of a Faroese settlement bravely surviving storms, sickness, and exploitation as they struggle to establish a noatun, or new town. The Faroese people's individualism and sharp beauty are Heinesen's subjects; his strong satire, humor, and imagination have made him one of Denmark's finest prose writers. The Lost Musicians (1950) and The Kingdom of the Earth (1952) share many of the same characters, created by Heinesen to depict fantastic events in Torshavn a generation or so ago. In Heinesen's rich fantasy is an expression of the antinaturalism and antirealism that also mark the writing of the Danes Isak Dinesen and Martin A. Hansen. It is not necessary to have even heard of the Faroes to enjoy the magic of William Heinesen. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
Crédit image: Postverk Føroya - Philatelic Office
Œuvres de William Heinesen
The Tower at the Edge of the World: A Poetic Mosaic Novel about My Earliest Youth (1976) 25 exemplaires
Det fortryllede lys 11 exemplaires
Kur mod onde ånder 4 exemplaires
Färöisk konst 3 exemplaires
Gamaliels besættelse 2 exemplaires
Digte af William Heinesen 2 exemplaires
Það á að dansa : Nýjar sögur frá Þórshöfn 1 exemplaire
Föroysk list 1 exemplaire
Töfralampinn 1 exemplaire
Fjandinn hleypur í Gamalíel 1 exemplaire
Glataðir snillingar 1 exemplaire
Den dunkle sol 1 exemplaire
Himmelen smiler : Noveller 1 exemplaire
Færøerne 1 exemplaire
"Chernyi kotel. Propashchie muzykanty" 1 exemplaire
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Étiqueté
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- Nom canonique
- Heinesen, William
- Date de naissance
- 1900-01-15
- Date de décès
- 1991-03-12
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- Faroe Islands
Denmark - Lieux de résidence
- Torshavn, Faroe Islands, Denmark (birth | death)
- Professions
- poet
novelist - Prix et distinctions
- Danish Academy (1961)
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Critiques
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 42
- Aussi par
- 4
- Membres
- 431
- Popularité
- #56,717
- Évaluation
- 3.7
- Critiques
- 12
- ISBN
- 92
- Langues
- 12
- Favoris
- 5