birth_date: 1945-01-17 00:00:00
avg_rating: 3.52
name: Ib Michael
about: Ib Michael was born in Roskilde in 1945. He studied Central American and Indian Language and Culture at the University of Copenhagen. Ib Michael has travelled widely, including trips to Latin America, China, and Tibet. He has also crossed the Atlantic and sailed in the Pacific to the Polynesian Islands. Among many grants and awards, Ib Michael has received The Booksellers Club Golden Laurel (Author of the Year) in 1990, The Danish Author Association Peace Prize 1991, The Critics' Award in 1991 and the Danish Academy Prize 1994. Ib Michael's fantastical novels and poems merge space and time, presenting the reader with an expanded version of reality, including myths and magical elements. His writing style has been described as magical realism Ib Michael was born in Roskilde in 1945. He studied Central American and Indian Language and Culture at the University of Copenhagen. Ib Michael has travelled widely, including trips to Latin America, China, and Tibet. He has also crossed the Atlantic and sailed in the Pacific to the Polynesian Islands. Among many grants and awards, Ib Michael has received The Booksellers Club Golden Laurel (Author of the Year) in 1990, The Danish Author Association Peace Prize 1991, The Critics' Award in 1991 and the Danish Academy Prize 1994. Ib Michael's fantastical novels and poems merge space and time, presenting the reader with an expanded version of reality, including myths and magical elements. His writing style has been described as magical realism. His works include:En hidtil uset drøm om skibe, 1970Den flyvende kalkundræber, 1971Indianerliv i regnskoven, 1973Mayalandet, 1973Hjortefod, 1974Rejsen tilbage, 1977Vejen rundt om svømmebassinet i den skønne have med kolibrier så talrige som Tågeøernes gråspurve, 1978Rejsen til det grønne firben : en dokumentarisk beretning, 1980Kejserfortællingen : roman, 1981Snedronningen : beretning om Alta - et nulpunkt i Sameland, 1981Joy og tigeren, 1984Troubadurens lærling : roman, 1984Det døde guld, 1985Himmelbegravelse : digte fra Tibet, 1986Det sidste hav, 1987Kilroy Kilroy : roman, 1989Vinden i metroen : digte, 1990Det lukkede øje : rejsedagbog Mexico 1971, 1991Lars Dan, 1991Vanillepigen, 1991Hajskygger, 1993I virkeligheden : et portræt af Ib Michael, 1993Den tolvte rytter, 1993Alfabetets have, 1994Det er ikke virkeligheden der er underlig, 1994Objekt, maleri, collage 1987 - 1994, 1994Sig noget, Pjerrot, 1995Brev til månen, 1995Surfer : novelle, 1996Prins : roman, 1997Atkinsons biograf - en vandrehistorie, 1998Atkinsons biografi - en vandrehistorie, 1998Undervejs er altings mål : Ib Michaels forfatterskab, 1999Mit år, 2000Rosa Mundi : digte, 2000Kejserens atlas : roman, 2001Paven af Indien : roman, 2003Pierre eller Flertydighederne, 2003Grill : roman, 2005Vanilletrilogien : Vanillepigen, Den tolvte rytter, Brev til månen, 2005Blå bror : roman, 2006Sorte huller : roman, 2007Vilde engle : roman, 2009Orbit : roman, 2010Hjertets hemmeligheder, 2012Himlen brændte, 2013En anden sol, 2015 ...more