Henrik Nordbrandt (21 March 1945 – 31 January 2023) was a Danish poet, novelist, and essayist. He made his literary debut in 1966 with the poetry collection Digte. He was awarded the Nordic Council's Literature Prize in 2000 for the poetry collection Drømmebroer ("Dream Bridges"). Although a Danish writer, he spent much of his life in the Mediterranean basin and this is said to have had an influence on his writing. In 2007 the Polish painter Kasia Banas carried out a project that included paintings inspired by the poetry of Nordbrandt. Works Digte (1966) Miniaturer (1967) Syvsoverne (1969) Omgivelser (1972) Opbrud og ankomster ("Departures and Arrivals"), Copenhagen: Gylandal, 72 pages (1974) Ode til blæksprutten og andre kærlighedsdigte ("Ode to the Octopus and Other Love Poems"), Copenhagen: Gyldendal, 55 pages (1975) Glas ("Glass") Copenhagen: Gyldendal, 53 pages (1976) Istid (1977) Guds hus (1977) Breve fra en ottoman (1978) Rosen fra Lesbos (1979) Spøgelseslege (1979) Forsvar for vinden under døren (1980) Armenia (1982) 84 digte ("84 Poems"); Copenhagen: Gyldendal, 125 pages (1984) Armenia (1984) Violinbyggernes by (1985) Håndens skælven i november (1986) Vandspejlet (1989) Glemmesteder (1991) Støvets tyngde (1992) Ormene ved himlens port (1995) Egne digte ("Own Poems"), Copenhagen: Gyldendal, 289 pages (2000) Drømmebroer ("Dream Bridges") (2000) Besøgstid ('Visiting Hours') (2007) Awards 1990: Swedish Academy Nordic Prize 2000: Nordic Council's Literature Prize, for Drømmebroer ("Dream Bridges") References External links A Poet's Odyssey. A video interview with Henrik Nordbrandt Video by Louisiana Channel 1945 births 2023 deaths Danish male poets Nordic Council Literature Prize winners Recipients of the Grand Prize of the Danish Academy University of Copenhagen alumni Danish male novelists 20th-century Danish poets 20th-century Danish novelists 20th-century Danish male writers People from Frederiksberg