Thomas Boberg (born 5 May 1960 in

Roskilde Roskilde ( , ) is a city west of Copenhagen on the Danish island of Zealand. With a population of 53,354 (), the city is a business and educational centre for the region and the 10th largest city in Denmark. It is governed by the administrative ...

) is a Danish poet and

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. Since his debut in 1984 he has received extensive recognition for his contribution to Danish literature. Since 2018 member of The Danish Academy (Det Danske Akademi). Boberg lived in

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for several years and has traveled widely in Latin America and Africa. Many of his works stem from his travels in South and Central America, often focusing on the exploited and poor. Boberg has been nominated twice for the

Nordic Council's Literature Prize The Nordic Council Literature Prize is awarded for a work of literature written in one of the languages of the Nordic countries, that meets "high literary and artistic standards". Established in 1962, the prize is awarded every year, and is worth ...

, in 1999 for ''Americas'', and in 2006 for ''Livsstil'' (''Life Style''). Thomas Boberg is the son of the surrealist painter

Jørgen Boberg Jørgen Boberg (24 October 1940 – 24 August 2009) was a self-taught Surrealist Danish painter and illustrator. Biography Born in Roskilde, Boberg was a self-taught artist. After first exhibiting at the Artists Autumn Exhibition (''Kunstneres Eft ...

(1940–2009).

Bibliography

*''Hvæsende ved mit øjekast'' (1984) - poems *''Ud af mit liv'' (1985) - poems *''Hvid Glød'' (1986) - poems *''Slaggerdyret'' (1987) - poems *''Vor tids historie'' (1989) - poems *''Marionetdrømme'' (1991) - poems *''Vandbærere'' (1993) - poems *''Pelikanens Flugt'' (1994) - poems *''Sølvtråden'' (1996) - travel memoirs *''Under Hundestjernen'' (1997) - poems *''Marokkansk Motiv'' (1998) - with Simon Lautrop *''Americas'' (1999) - travel memoirs *''En stående aftale'' (2002) - poems *''Invitation til at rejse'' (2003) - travel memoirs *''Livsstil'' (2005) - poems *''Under Uret'' (2006) - short stories *''Gæstebogen'' (2007) - poems *''Flakker'' (2008) - novel * ''Boothill'' (2009) - digte * ''Hesteæderne'' (2010) – digte * ''Hesteæderne II'' (2011) – digte * ''I den næste by'' (2012) - rejseminder * ''Fantombillede''(2014) -digte * ''Svanesang'' (2015) - digte * ''Hesteæderne/Trilogien'' (2015) - digte * ''Mexicocitydigte'' (2017) - digte

References

Danish male poets 1960 births Living people Recipients of the Grand Prize of the Danish Academy 20th-century Danish poets 21st-century Danish poets 20th-century Danish male writers 21st-century Danish male writers People from Roskilde {{Denmark-poet-stub