William Heinesen (1900–1991)
Autore di The Lost Musicians
Sull'Autore
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 mostra altro 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) mostra meno
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Opere di William Heinesen
Det fortryllede lys 11 copie
Kur mod onde ånder 4 copie
Färöisk konst 3 copie
Gamaliels besættelse 2 copie
Digte af William Heinesen 2 copie
Föroysk list 1 copia
Töfralampinn 1 copia
Fjandinn hleypur í Gamalíel 1 copia
Glataðir snillingar 1 copia
Den dunkle sol 1 copia
Himmelen smiler : Noveller 1 copia
Færøerne 1 copia
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Informazioni generali
- Nome canonico
- Heinesen, William
- Data di nascita
- 1900-01-15
- Data di morte
- 1991-03-12
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- Faroe Islands
Denmark - Luogo di residenza
- Torshavn, Faroe Islands, Denmark (birth | death)
- Attività lavorative
- poet
novelist - Premi e riconoscimenti
- Danish Academy (1961)
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 42
- Opere correlate
- 4
- Utenti
- 432
- Popolarità
- #56,591
- Voto
- 3.7
- Recensioni
- 12
- ISBN
- 92
- Lingue
- 12
- Preferito da
- 5