World Literary Awards

← Back to Home

Luka Holmegaard

ルカ・ホルメゴー

Luka Holmegaard

Aliases: Ida Holmegaard
Pen Names: Ida HolmegaardUsed for early publications (including first novels)

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1990-02-25 (Frederiksberg, Denmark)
Nationality
Danish
Languages
Danish
Residence History
Frederiksberg, Denmark

Career

Occupations
Writer, Essayist, Poet, Critic
Active Years
2015-
Nominations
Nominated for Politikens Litteraturpris, Nominated for Politikens Litteraturpris

Education

Forfatterskolen (Danish Writers' School)
Period: 在籍期間不明、2013年修了
Year of Graduation: 2013
Country: Denmark
Completed the Danish writers' school in 2013

Awards

Prisma Litteraturpris
2023
Organization: Prisma Litteraturpris (organizers)
Result: 受賞
Velux Foundation two-year working grant
Organization: Velux Foundation (Velux-fonden)
Result: 助成受給

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Emma Emma

2015 Novel

Debut novel exploring youth, selfhood and relationships in an experimental style.

identityrelationshipsyouth
Translations
  • Translated into Swedish and German

Graceland

2017 Novel

A longer work dealing with identity and sense of place, continuing themes from early works.

placeidentitymemory
Translations
  • Translated into Swedish and German

Look

2020 Essay hybrid

An experimental work that blurs essay and fiction, often connected to visual art contexts.

artvisualityself-representation
Translations
  • Translated into Swedish and German

Hund, Stille

2023 Mixed-genre collection

A 2023 collection including poetic and experimental texts.

silenceembodimentboundaries
Translations
  • Some pieces translated into Swedish and German

Havet i munden

2023 Poetry collection

A poetry collection exploring body, the sea and desire through poetic language.

seadesirethe body
Translations
  • Translated into Swedish and German

Bibliography

  • Emma Emma (Forlaget Gladiator, 2015)
  • Graceland (Rosinante/Gyldendal, 2017)
  • Look (Rosinante/Gyldendal, 2020)
  • Hund, Stille (OVBIDAT, 2023)
  • Havet i munden (Gutkind, 2023)

Translations of Works

  • Works have been translated into Swedish
  • Works have been translated into German

Style & Themes

Literary Style
experimental styleessay-fiction hybridpoetic expression
Recurring Motifs
identity and self-representationsea and water imageryembodiment and desireconnections to visual art

Legacy

Luka Holmegaard is recognized as a contemporary Danish writer whose experimental style and ties to visual art have drawn attention. Noted within queer literary contexts and translated within Scandinavia and beyond.

Trivia

  • Published early works under the name Ida Holmegaard; first two novels were released under that name.
  • Winner of the Swedish Prisma Litteraturpris in 2023.
  • Works translated into Swedish and German.