Literature
Here you will find all the content related to the category 'literature'.
2020.06.18 | Film, Anna Lena Sandberg, The Borders of the Nordics, Literature, Democracy
Interview: The relationship between Denmark and Germany: politics and culture since 1800
In this short video, Anna Sandberg, Associate Professor in the Department of English, Germanic and Romance Studies at Copenhagen University, gives an historical overview of the political and cultural relationship between Denmark and Germany over the last 200 years. Their relationship is an important one not least because it is the southern-most…
2019.12.19 | Film, Lill Tove Fredriksen, Literature, Minorities
Interview: "we won't be silenced" - Sámi language and literature
In this short video, Lill Tove Fredriksen, Associate Professor in Sámi Literature at UiT The Arctic University of Norway, discusses the Sámi language pre-, during and after Norwegianisation, taking four generations of her family’s women as a starting point.
2019.11.27 | Biography, Anne Heith, Literature
Rut Hillarp (1914–2003)
The work of the Swedish poet and novelist Rut Hillarp is best known for its honest portrayal of female sexuality and desire.
2019.11.20 | Biography, Anne Heith, Literature
Karl Vennberg (1910–1995)
The Swedish poet Karl Vennberg, who was awarded the Nordic Council Literature Prize in 1972, published collections that contained various messages, including criticism towards Western culture and romanticism, and the lauding of everyday life as central.
2019.11.08 | Biography, Anne Heith, Literature
Ulla Isaksson (1916-2000)
Much of the work of writer Ulla Isaksson focuses on the lives of women and their relationships, but also includes screenplays and autobiograhpical and biographical literature.
2019.10.31 | Biography, Anne Heith, Literature
Lars Ahlin (1915–1997)
Lars Ahlin was a Swedish writer whose work explores aestheticism, degradation and the loss of dignity, as well as equality and democracy.
2019.10.22 | Biography, Anne Heith, Literature
Gunnar Björling (1887–1960)
Poet Gunnar Björling flouted conventional grammar and syntax rules and is recognised as a radical, modernist in Sweden.
2019.10.03 | Biography, Anne Heith, Literature
Sonja Åkesson (1926–1977)
Swedish poet Sonja Åkesson advocated the use of colloquial language and themes from everyday life, and her style and humour influenced the next generation of particularly women writers and feminists.
2019.10.01 | Article, Lill Tove Fredriksen, Literature, Minorities
A brief history of Sámi literature
Sámi literature's history can be traced from the 1600s and the course of this history can be interpreted in the context of important Sámi, national and international political movements. Sámi literature is literature written by authors who are Sámi, who are members of the Sámi people. In this short article, the Sámi socio-political development…
2019.08.21 | Biography, Linda Haverty Rugg, Literature
Tomas Tranströmer (1931-2015)
Winner of the 2011 Nobel Prize in Literature, Tomas Tranströmer was one of those rare poets who is both acclaimed by scholars and critics as well as beloved by a broad readership in Sweden and internationally. Translated into over 60 languages, his poetry is characterized by powerful imagery, and focuses particularly on the human interface with…