EPIGRAM
You can spend an entire life
in the company of words
not ever finding
the right one.
Just like a wretched fish
wrapped in Hungarian newspapers.
For one thing it is dead,
for another it doesn't understand
Hungarian.
Niels Hav poet of the planet and a full time writer with awards from the Danish Arts Counsil. He is the author of ten volumes of prose and poetry. His books are widly translated into languages as Portuguese, Dutch, Arabic, Turkish, English, Serbian, Kurdish, Albanian and Farsi. His new English poetry collection Moments of Happiness is published by Anvil Press in Vancouver.
Niels Hav was raised on a farm in western Denmark, today he resides in the most colourful and multi-ethnic part of the capital, Copenhagen. - His poems and stories have been published in a large number of magazines and newspapers in different countries of the world, including The Literary Review, Ecotone, Acumen, Exile, The Los Angeles Review, Absinthe: New European Writing, Shearsman and PRISM International. He has travelled widely and participated in numerous poetry events in Europe, Asia, Africa, North and South America. He has frequently been interviewed by the media.
“…one of Denmark's most talented living poets….”
Frank Hugus, The Literary Review
Bibliography
Hinter dem dünnen Schleier, anthologie (Niels Hav, Marianne Larsen und Thorvald Bertelsen), Brighton Verlag GmbH 2023.
Moments of Happiness, Anvil Press, Vancouver 2022.
Øjeblikke af lykke. Poetry - Det Poetiske Bureaus Forlag, 2021.
A alma dança em seu berço, Editora Penalux, Brasil 2018.
Shpirti vallzon në djep,Shtëpia Botuese OMSCA-1, Tirana, Albania 2016.
Şî'ri bo trisnokekan nîye (Kurdish translation), Ktebxanai Andesha, Sulaymaniyah, Irak 2016.
Al-Rooh Tarqos Fee Mahdiha, Jordanian Writers Association, Amman, Jordan 2015.
Zanʹhā dar Kupanhāk, Butimar, Tehran, Iran 2015.
Kopenhag Kadinlari, Yasakmeyve, Turkey 2013.
Grondstof. Poetry translated by Jan Baptist, Holland 2012.
Udate žene u Kopenhagenu, Bosnia 2012.
De Iraanse zomer. Short stories translated by Jan Baptist, Holland 2011.
Ḥı̄na aṣı̄ru aʻmá. Poetry, Arab Scientific Publishers, Beirut 2010.
Als ik blind word. Poetry, Holland 2010
De gifte koner i København. Poetry – Jorinde & Joringel, 2009.
From Betroelse to confession. Poetry, Book Thug, Toronto 2009.
We Are Here. Poetry translated by Patrick Friesen & P.K. Brask, Toronto 2006.
U Odbranu Pesnika. Poetry, Belgrade 2008.
Grundstof. Poetry - Gyldendal, 2004.
Nenadeina Sreka. Poetry, Skopje, Macedonia1997.
Når jeg bliver blind. Poetry - Gyldendal, 1995.
God's blue Morris. Poetry, Crane Editions, Canada 1993.
Den iranske sommer. Short stories - Gyldendal, 1990.
Ildfuglen, okay. Poetry - Hekla, 1987.
Sjælens Geografi. Poetry - Hekla, 1984.
Øjeblikket er en åbning. Short stories - Hekla, 1983.
Glæden sidder i kroppen. Poetry – Jorinde & Joringel, 1982
Afmægtighed forbudt. Short stories - Hekla, 1981.
