Villy Sørensen

Villy Sørensen
Born	(1929-01-13)13 January 1929 Frederiksberg
Died	16 December 2001(2001-12-16) (aged 72) Copenhagen
Occupation	Author, philosopher, essayist
Nationality	Danish
Period	1953–2001
Literary movement	Modernism

Villy Sørensen (13 January 1929 – 16 December 2001) was a Danish short-story writer, philosopher and literary critic of the Modernist tradition. His fiction was heavily influenced by his philosophical ideas, and he has been compared to Franz Kafka in this regard. He was the most influential and important Danish philosopher since Søren Kierkegaard.

History

Born in Copenhagen, Sørensen graduated from the Vestre Borgerdydskole in 1947, and then attended the University of Copenhagen and the University of Freiburg studying philosophy. Although he did not graduate, he later received an honorary degree from the University of Copenhagen.

Sørensen published his first collection of short stories, Strange Stories in 1953, which many critics have identified as being the start of Danish literary Modernism. He published additional collections of short stories in 1955 and 1964, all winning various awards in Denmark. These stories generally explored the absurd and hidden parts of the human psyche.

Sørensen began editing the journal Vindrosen (with Klaus Rifbjerg) in 1959. Afterward, he became a member of the Danish Academy in 1965, subsequently editing several other Modernist journals and periodicals. Sørensen, though he continued to produce short fiction throughout his life, was also deeply engaged in philosophy, about which he wrote many essays and several books including Seneca: The Humanist at the Court of Nero and his response to Søren Kierkegaard's Either/Or, Hverken-eller (i.e. "Neither/Nor"). He also published books and essays about Nietzsche, Kafka, Marx, Schopenhauer and Kierkegaard, and was a notable translator of over 20 books. He was awarded the Grand Prize of the Danish Academy in 1962, The Nordic Council's Literature Prize in 1974, the Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1983, the inaugural Swedish Academy Nordic Prize in 1986, along with many other awards and recognitions. He died in Copenhagen in 2001.

Bibliography

Sære historier, 1953 - Strange Stories / Tiger in the Kitchen and Other Strange Stories
Ufarlige historier, 1955 - Harmless Tales
Tiger in the Kitchen and Other Strange Stories, 1957
Digtere og dæmoner: Fortolkninger og vurderinger, 1959
ed.: Begrebet Angest by Søren Kierkegaard, 1960
Hverken-eller: Kritiske betragtningen, 1961
ed.: Økonomi og filosofi by Karl Marx, 1962
Nietzsche, 1963
Formynderfortællinger, 1964 - Tutelary Tales
ed.: Haabløse Slægter by Herman Bang, 1965
ed.: Eventyr og historier by H.C. Andersen, 1965
ed.: Skuespil by William Shakespeare, 1966
Kafkas digtning, 1968
Schopenhauer, 1969
Mellem fortid og fremtid, 1969
Midler uden mål. 1971
Uden mål - og med, moralske tanker, 1973
Seneca, 1976 - Seneca: The Humanist at the Court of Nero
translator: The Book by Martin A. Hansen, 1978 (with Anne Born)
Oprør fra midten, 1978 (with Niels I Meyer and K. Helweg-Pedersen) - Revolt from the Center
Den gyldne middelvej, og andre debatindlæg i 1970erne, 1979
Vejrdage, betragtninger 1980
translator: The Dream of the Woman by Knud Hjortø, 1980 (with Anne Born)
Alladin, 1981 (with Errol le Cain)
Ragnarok, en gudefortælling, 1982 - The Downfall of the Gods - Ragnarök, jumalten tuho
Røret om oprøret, 1982 (with Niels I Meyer and K. Helweg-Pedersen)
translator: The Mountains by H.C. Branner (with Anne Born)
ed.: Kunsten og revolutionen by Richard Wagner, 1983
En gudedrøm, ballet for Nyt Danske Danseteater, 1984
translation: Skøn er krigen for den uerfarne (Dulce bellum inexpertis) by Erasmus Roterodamus, 1984
De mange og De enkelte og andre småhistorier, 1986
ed.: Tine by Herman Bang, 1986
ed.: Tunge Melodier by Herman Bang, 1987
ed.: Enten-Eller by Søren Kierkegaard, 1988
Demokratiet og kunsten, 1988
Tilløb: dagbog 1949-53, 1988
Den berømte Odysseus, 1988 (with Andy Li Jørgensen)
Apollons oprør: de udødeliges historie, 1989
Another Metamorphosis & Other Fictions, 1990, translated by Tiina Nunnally & Steven T. Murray
Forløb: dagbog 1953-61, 1990
ed.: Demokratiske visioner by Walt Whitman, 1991
Den frie vilje, 1992
Jesus og Kristus, 1992
Perioder: dagbog 1961-74, 1993
Historien om Ødipus, 1995 (with Roald Als)
translation: Grimms eventyr, 1995
Blot en drengestreg, 1996 (with Pernille Kløvedal Helweg)
translation: Drømme by Franz Kafka, 1998
Jesus og Kristus, 1999
På egne veje, 2000
En ensom fugl, 2000

Sources

Petri Liukkonen. "Villy Sørensen". Books and Writers (kirjasto.sci.fi). Archived from the original on 4 July 2013.
"Sorensen, Villy." Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved 31 October 2006.

Nordic Council Literature Prize winners

1960s	1962: The Days of His Grace – Eyvind Johnson 1963: Under the North Star 3: Reconciliation – Väinö Linna 1964: The Ice Palace – Tarjei Vesaas 1965: From Hell to Paradise – Olof Lagercrantz and The Good Hope – William Heinesen 1966: Diwan on the Prince of Emgion – Gunnar Ekelöf 1967: Nye noveller – Johan Borgen 1968: Flight of the Eagle – Per Olof Sundman 1969: The Legionnaires – Per Olov Enquist

1970s	1970: Anna, I, Anna – Klaus Rifbjerg 1971: Coast of Slaves, Ships of Slaves & Islands of Slaves – Thorkild Hansen 1972: Sju ord på tunnelbanan – Karl Vennberg 1973: Kersantin poika – Veijo Meri 1974: Uden mål – og med – Villy Sørensen 1975: Siinä näkijä missä tekijä – Hannu Salama 1976: Að laufferjum & Að brunnum – Ólafur Jóhann Sigurðsson 1977: I de mörka rummen, i de ljusa – Bo Carpelan 1978: Dalen Portland – Kjartan Fløgstad 1979: Pubertet – Ivar Lo-Johansson

1980s	1980: Vredens barn – Sara Lidman 1981: Hauströkkrið yfir mér – Snorri Hjartarson 1982: Samuels bok – Sven Delblanc 1983: Om fjorten dage – Peter Seeberg 1984: The Christmas Oratorio – Göran Tunström 1985: A Day in Ostrobothnia – Antti Tuuri 1986: Líkasum – Rói Patursson 1987: Hudløs himmel – Herbjørg Wassmo 1988: Justice Undone – Thor Vilhjálmsson 1989: Roman 1987 – Dag Solstad

1990s	1990: For the Living and the Dead – Tomas Tranströmer 1991: The Sun, My Father – Nils-Aslak Valkeapää 1992: Night Watch – Fríða Á. Sigurðardóttir 1993: Byen og verden – Peer Hultberg 1994: Blackwater – Kerstin Ekman 1995: Angels of the Universe – Einar Már Guðmundsson 1996: Hva skal vi gjøre i dag og andre noveller – Øystein Lønn 1997: Bang. En roman om Herman Bang – Dorrit Willumsen 1998: After Having Spent a Night Among Horses – Tua Forsström 1999: Queen's Gate – Pia Tafdrup

2000s	2000: Drømmebroer – Henrik Nordbrandt 2001: The Discoverer – Jan Kjærstad 2002: The Half Brother – Lars Saabye Christensen 2003: Revbensstäderna – Eva Ström 2004: Juoksuhaudantie – Kari Hotakainen 2005: The Blue Fox – Sjón 2006: The Ocean – Göran Sonnevi 2007: Drömfakulteten – Sara Stridsberg 2008: Baboon – Naja Marie Aidt 2009: I Curse the River of Time – Per Petterson

2010s	2010: Purge – Sofi Oksanen 2011: Between the Trees – Gyrðir Elíasson 2012: Days in the History of Silence – Merethe Lindstrøm 2013: The Prophets of Eternal Fjord – Kim Leine 2014: Mirage 38 – Kjell Westö 2015: Wakefulness, Olav's Dreams & Weariness – Jon Fosse

List of Nordic Council's Literature Prize winners and nominees

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