Poul Vad
Poul Vad | |
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| Born | 27 April 1927 Silkeborg, Denmark |
| Died | 18 August 2003 (aged 76) |
| Occupation | Art historian |
| Language | Danish |
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| Alma mater | University of Copenhagen |
| Genre | Novel |
| Literary movement | Modernism |
| Years active | 1950s–1990s |
| Notable works | Kattens anatomi |
| Notable awards |
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Poul Vad (1927–2003) was a Danish writer and art historian who also worked as a consultant at Holstebro Art Museum. He wrote novels, monographs and critical essays on artistic subjects, and started his literary career as a poet in Heretica.
Biography
Vad was born in Silkeborg on 27 April 1927.[1][2] He studied art history at the University of Copenhagen and received a master's degree in the same subject in 1958.[3] His literary career began when he published poems in the literary magazine Heretica in 1956.[4][5] Then he contributed to another magazine Vindrosen.[5] From 1961 to 1964 he edited the art journal Signum.[3] Vad was the consultant at Holstebro Art Museum between 1965 and 1981.[6] He taught art history at the University of Copenhagen from 1972 to 1974.[6] His debut novel was De nøjsomme (Danish: The frugal) which was published in 1960.[5] Vad's most known novel is Kattens anatomi (Danish: The anatomy of the cat) published in 1978.[5] Following the publication of this novel he became one of the leading figures of the Danish prose modernism.[5] His other novels include Dagen før livet begynder (1970; Danish: The Day Before Life Begins) and Taber og vinder (1967; Danish: Loser and winner).[6] He published another novel, Nord for Vatnajøkel (Danish: North of Vatnajøkel), in 1994 which contains the features of the travel literature.[7] Vad received the Danish Academy Award in 1979.[6] He was also awarded N. L. Høyen Medal in 2003.[8] Vad died on 18 August 2003.[1][2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Poul Vad (1927-2003)". bnf.fr (in français). Retrieved 23 September 2023.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Poul Vad". Great Norwegian Encyclopedia (in norsk). 25 January 2023.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Poul Vad". litteratursiden.dk (in dansk). Retrieved 23 September 2023.
- ↑ Torben Brostrøm (23 April 2023). "Poul Vad". Den Store Danske Encyklopædi (in dansk).
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Steen Klitgård Povlsen (2007). "Danish Modernism". In Astradur Eysteinsson; Vivian Liska (eds.). Modernism. Amsterdam; Philadelphia, PA: John Benjamins Publishing Company. p. 860. ISBN 978-90-272-9204-9.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 "Vad, Poul". Writers Directory. 2005. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
- ↑ Bo Nissen Knudsen (31 May 2021). "Poul Vad, Hrafnkatla and Páll Gíslason". University of Copenhagen. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
- ↑ "Yildelinger". Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. Archived from the original on 2 February 2015. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
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- 1927 births
- 2003 deaths
- Danish art historians
- Modernist writers
- People from Silkeborg
- Academic staff of the University of Copenhagen
- 20th-century Danish poets
- 20th-century Danish non-fiction writers
- University of Copenhagen alumni
- Danish magazine editors