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Bjørn Rasmussen

ビョルン・ラスムッセン

Bjorn Rasmussen

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1983 （Denmark）
Nationality
Danish
Languages
Danish

Career

Occupations
poet, writer
Active Years
2011-

Awards

Montana Literary Award
2011
Work: The skin is the elastic sheath that surrounds the entire body
Organization: Montana
Result: 受賞
European Union Prize for Literature
2016
Work: The skin is the elastic sheath that surrounds the entire body
Organization: European Union
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The skin is the elastic sheath that surrounds the entire body

2011 novel

Debut novel exploring corporeality, the relation between self and others, and boundaries of sensation with an experimental approach.

corporealityidentityboundaries of sensation

Decoration

2013 novel

A shorter novel that delicately depicts the dissonance between society, appearance and inner life, handling unease hidden in everyday details.

appearance vs inner lifesocial roles

Ming

2015 poetry

First poetry collection presenting poems that probe body, everyday life and the limits of language within contemporary Danish poetry.

bodyeveryday lifelanguage

Bibliography

  • The skin is the elastic sheath that surrounds the entire body (2011)
  • Decoration (Pynt) (2013)
  • Ming (poetry collection) (2015)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
body-centered descriptionsconcise and experimental voicefocus on sensory and psychological detail
Recurring Motifs
skin and bodydiscrepancies of sensationsubtle unease in daily life

Legacy

Regarded as an important young figure in contemporary Danish poetry and literature. His debut novel attracted attention across Europe and was slated for translations.

Trivia

  • Won the Montana Literary Award in 2011.
  • Won the European Union Prize for Literature in 2016; his debut novel was set to be translated into several European languages.