Reviews about Thomas Boberg
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On
The Water Carriers
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Thomas Boberg is one of the most important poets of his generation, but this does not mean he is typical of his time. On the contrary, there is something incomparable about Thomas Boberg’s poetry, something unique. Both the tone, the imagery and the universe from and about which they are written differ from what we otherwise find in the Danish poetical landscape. (...) If we are seeking a contemporary poet who is more than important, we should look up under Thomas Boberg.
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Erik Svendsen in Politiken, 12 August 1993
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On
Flight of the Pelican
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Thomas Boberg has written some of his life’s most splendid poems so far in his new book “Pelikanens flugt”. And that is no small thing in a lyrical oeuvre that by now stands out with something like the status of a classic in Danish poetry. (...) From tones of melancholy and pathos via the clear, often turbulent confessions to the gently radiant, eternally wistful rhythm in the lines of poems we wish would never end.
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Henrik Wivel in Berlingske Tidende, 15 December 1994
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On
Under the Dog Star
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- In his tenth volume of poems, Thomas Boberg senses the landscapes in his travels so powerfully and is such a great linguistic artist that by far the majority of his poems make their own sovereign way. (...) An important reason for following him under the dog star is that he not only travels in company with a void, but also with the spirit of the times as his baggage.
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Jørgen Johansen in Berlingske Tidende, 28 August 1997
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On
The Silver Thread
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This is a truly classic journey, distilled into a sensitive epic of the highest order, time after time revealing that the silver thread is woven by the soul’s gold. The real thing.
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Bo Tao Michaëlis in Politiken, 29 August 1996
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