Peter Hög ( date: Peter Høeg ; born May 17, 1957 in Copenhagen ) is a Danish writer , his most famous work is the novel “ Smilla and Her Feeling of Snow, ” published in 1992 . Peter Hög is the only contemporary Danish writer whose books have been translated into more than thirty world languages. His books are published in million copies.
| Peter Hog | |
|---|---|
| Peter Høeg | |
| Birth name | Peter Hog |
| Date of Birth | May 17, 1957 (62 years old) |
| Place of Birth | Copenhagen , Denmark |
| Citizenship | Denmark |
| Occupation | prose writer |
| Years of creativity | 1988 - present vr. |
| Direction | humanism |
| Language of Works | Danish |
| Awards | [d] ( 1993 ) Glass key ( 1993 ) [d] ( 1993 ) |
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Biography
According to Hyog, he grew up under the great influence of Russian culture - especially literature and music; Maxim Gorky was his mother’s favorite writer [1] .
He was engaged in fencing as a child. In the mid-1970s, he began to practice ballet , and later worked as a dancer for some time [1] .
Hyogu gained worldwide fame in 1992, the novel “Smilla and Her Feeling of Snow,” written on behalf of a Greenland woman (this was the second novel in the chronology of the writer). He was filmed by classic Danish cinema Bill August . "Smilla and her sense of snow" was successful not only thanks to an exciting detective story, sharply twisted intrigue, a sense of style and understanding of modern life with its chaos, loneliness, depression, passion and defeats inherent in the author, but also an accurate reflection of human passions in all of them variety. At the same time, despite world-wide success and rather benevolent criticism, the novel was perceived in the literary and academic circles of Denmark primarily as a commercial project, rather than as a large literature [2] .
After the release of “Smilla”, Hög did not communicate with the press for almost ten years and practically nothing was known about him. Only later it became known that he traveled a lot, lived as a hermit, was engaged in charity work, became interested in Eastern philosophy [2] .
Bibliography
- Forestilling om det tyvende århundrede (Twentieth Century Views, 1988)
- The novel was not published in Russian (as of mid-2013).
- The novel is dedicated to a topic that has been actively interested in Danish society since the late 1980s - national self-identification in the modern world. The critic Pimonov wrote in 2007 that this is Hyog’s best novel [2] .
- The novel was not published in Russian (as of mid-2013).
- Fortællinger om natten (1990)
- Publication in Russian: “Night Stories” (2005, Symposium Publishing House)
- Frøken Smillas fornemmelse for sne ("Froken Smilla and Her Feeling of Snow", 1992). A novel about how a person who knows seventy definitions of snow feels in a big city.
- Publications in Russian: “ Smilla and her feeling of snow ” (1998, publishing house “ INAPRESS ”; 2003, publishing house “Symposium”).
- In 1997, the novel was filmed by Danish director Bille August , starring Julia Ormond and Gabriel Byrne .
- Publications in Russian: “ Smilla and her feeling of snow ” (1998, publishing house “ INAPRESS ”; 2003, publishing house “Symposium”).
- De måske egnede (1993)
- Publication in Russian: “ Conditionally Suitable ” (2003).
- Kvinden og aben (1996)
- Publication in Russian: “ A Woman and a Monkey ” (2003).
- Peter Hoog donated all the proceeds from The Woman and the Monkey for humanitarian purposes, setting up a fund to help women and children of third world countries.
- Publication in Russian: “ A Woman and a Monkey ” (2003).
- Første og sidste kapitel (in Trykt - og godt: kunst, kvalitet og kapital i bogens verden , 1998)
- Den stille pige (Quiet Girl, 2006)
- Publication in Russian: “ Silence ” (2009).
- The novel became a major event in the literary and media life of Denmark at the beginning of the XXI century [2] .
- Publication in Russian: “ Silence ” (2009).
- Elefantpassernes børn (2010)
- Publication in Russian: “ Children of Elephant Keepers ” (2012)
- Effekten af Susan (2014)
- '' Gennem dine øjne '' (2018)
The translator of all books by Peter Hyog into Russian is Elena Krasnova.
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Lenta.ru, 2017 .
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Pimonov, 2007 .
Links
- Pimonov V. I. Variety of rounded forms : [ arch. August 1, 2013 ] // Literature Issues : Journal. - 2007. - No. 2.
- Elena Krasnova. Positive chaos. Interview with Peter Hoog (February 2004). Date of treatment September 2, 2013. Archived September 2, 2013.
- Sergey Knyazev. Elena Krasnova and her sense of Hega (July 2004). Date of treatment September 2, 2013. Archived September 2, 2013.
- Dina Yafasova. Peter Hoog: “Literature is a heart affair. Like love ... ” . Private Correspondent (September 18, 2009). Date of treatment September 2, 2013. Archived September 2, 2013.
- “My best ideas come up when I go to the toilet . ” Peter Hogg about reincarnation into a woman, theft and meditation . Tape.ru (September 6, 2017) . Date of treatment September 12, 2017. Archived on September 7, 2017.
- Peter Høeg on the Fantasy Lab website