Heinesen, William

Heinesen, William

▪ Danish Faeroese author
born Jan. 15, 1900, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands, Den.
died Mar. 12, 1991, Tórshavn

      Faroese writer of Danish-language poetry and fiction in which he used his remote North Atlantic homeland as a microcosmic setting for universal social, psychological, and cosmic themes.

      In 1921, while studying in Copenhagen, Heinesen published a volume of lyric poetry, Arktiske Elegier (“Arctic Elegies”). He wrote three more collections of poetry before he returned to the Faroe Islands in 1932. In his novels, beginning with Blæsende Gry (1934; “Windswept Dawn”), he combined elements of tragedy, comedy, satire, allegory, and social criticism to explore such themes as the harshness of nature and the rights of the individual as opposed to the collective good. His other works include the novels Noatun (1938; Niels Peter), De fortabte Spillemænd (1950; The Lost Musicians), Det gode Håb (1964; “The Good Hope”), and Tårnet ved Verdens Ende (1976; The Tower at the End of the World), as well as several volumes of short stories. He was elected to the Danish Academy in 1961.

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