The consumerist social protest movements of 1968 in Europe directed literature and art towards sociology and politics.
Modern literature period
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| Writer I. Christensen. |
In the 1960s, two of the most typical young writers, I. Christensen and Haw-Jorgen Niesen, demanded that people be judged not according to their existing values, but in their relationship with society. They both had a “committed” attitude towards politics and society. Their tendency continued in the generation of the 1970s.
In general, the consumerist social protest movements of 1968 in Europe (and later in the US) directed literature and art towards sociology and politics (discussing issues, liberating women). In particular, Danish women were very active (investigative journalism and interviewing developed, even among students and workers).
The sociologically oriented poetry of Vita Andersen and P. Poulsen (exploring linguistics and structure). The generation of the 70s consisted of symbolic writers, divided between political poetry and historical novels. In the early 80s, the anti-social and consumerist revolt arose again.
EK Reich (born 1940) combines historical material with a non-dogmatic political consciousness. The Life of Zenobia (1999) tells of his travels between Denmark and Syria in the fifth century. Hjernoe (born 1938) uses historical material but focuses on linguistics and philosophy. H. Bjelke (born 1937) is influenced by James Joyce in his major work (Saturu - 1974) on the myth of reincarnation, the fragmented self wandering in the present and the mythical world.
There is a more understandable literary genre, difficult to classify (like St. Kaalo, born in 1945).
The social realism of the 1950s continued with U. Graes (born 1940) and the novels about workers and poems of L. Nielsen (born 1935). The ambition for a new society was expressed through romantic, revolutionary dreams. This was the case with V. Lundbye (born 1933), R. Gjedsted (born 1947).
Social and political commitment marks the works of M. Larsen (born 1951). Vita Andersen (born 1944) combines current issues with intimate feelings, popular in the 70s.
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| Writer Peter Hoeg. |
The Nordic Council Prize for Literature 2000 was awarded to the poetry collection Bridges of Dreaming by Henrik Nordbrandt (born 1945). The collection was published in 1998; thus the award can be considered to be awarded to his entire body of poetry. According to the jury, “the bridge” has become a symbol of life between coming and going, and at the same time a symbol of the experience of loss and recovery in poetry.
In the 80s and 90s, readers were fed up with sentimental accounts of everyday life and formal writing without form; at the same time, Marxism was overshadowed by non-socialist political movements, and literature returned to its true literary roots.
The new generation of modernist writers (Michel Strunge, Bo Green Jensen, Pia Tardrup, Suren Ulrik Thomsen) responded to the call of rock music but also returned to both romantic and symbolic forms, especially in poetry. Henrik Stangerup, a realist, turned to cultural history and myth. Ole Sarvig and Jorgen Bradt revived the hymn. The genre was also noted for its new religious sentiment and environmental concerns (Thorkild Bjornvig, Vagn Lundbye).
In the art of vivid storytelling, Kirsten Thurup (social, realistic, psychological colors), Suzanne Brogger (half fiction, half memoir) have emerged. In particular, Peter Hoeg has emerged as a great Danish writer and a writer of international stature.
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