Thorkild Hansen

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Thorkild Hansen (born January 9, 1927; died February 4, 1989) was a Danish novelist known for his Slave Trilogy. He also did works concerning Knut Hamsun and travel writing. In 1971 he won the Nordic Council's Literature Prize.^[1]

[edit] Selected Works

• Arabia Felix: The Danish Expedition of 1761-67 (Det lykkelige Arabien, 1962)
• Coast of Slaves (Slavernes kyst, 1967)
• Ships of Slaves (Slavernes skibe, 1968)
• The Way to Hudson Bay: The Life and Times of Jens Munk^[2] (Jens Munk, 1969)
• Islands of Slaves (Slavernes øer, 1970)
• Processen mod Hamsun, 1978 (apparently never translated into english; movie adaptation in 1996 with Max von Sydow in the title role)

[edit] References & Notes

1. ^ Michigan State University author bio
2. ^ Also published in english as North West to Hudson's Bay: The Life and Times of Jens Munk

v • d • e Nordic Council Literature Prize laureates Eyvind Johnson (1962) · Väinö Linna (1963) · Tarjei Vesaas (1964) · William Heinesen / Olof Lagercrantz (1965) · Gunnar Ekelöf (1966) · Johan Borgen (1967) · Per Olof Sundman (1968) · Per Olov Enquist (1969) · Klaus Rifbjerg (1970) · Thorkild Hansen (1971) · Karl Vennberg (1972) · Veijo Meri (1973) · Villy Sørensen (1974) · Hannu Salama (1975) · Ólafur Jóhann Sigurðsson (1976) · Bo Carpelan (1977) · Kjartan Fløgstad (1978) · Ivar Lo-Johansson (1979) · Sara Lidman (1980) · Snorri Hjartarson (1981) · Sven Delblanc (1982) · Peter Seeberg (1983) · Göran Tunström (1984) · Antti Tuuri (1985) · Rói Patursson (1986) · Herbjørg Wassmo (1987) · Thor Vilhjálmsson (1988) · Dag Solstad (1989) · Tomas Tranströmer (1990) · Nils-Aslak Valkeapää (1991) · Fríða Á. Sigurðardóttir (1992) · Peer Hultberg (1993) · Kerstin Ekman (1994) · Einar Már Guðmundsson (1995) · Øystein Lønn (1996) · Dorrit Willumsen (1997) · Tua Forsström (1998) · Pia Tafdrup (1999) · Henrik Nordbrandt (2000) · Jan Kjærstad (2001) · Lars Saabye Christensen (2002) · Eva Ström (2003) · Kari Hotakainen (2004) · Sjón (2005) · Göran Sonnevi (2006) · Sara Stridsberg (2007) · Naja Marie Aidt (2008)