Thomas Boberg

Thomas Boberg (born 5 May 1960 in Roskilde) is a Danish poet and travel writer. 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 Peru 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, in 1999 for Americas, and in 2006 for Livsstil (Life Style).

Thomas Boberg is the son of the surrealist painter Jørgen Boberg (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