Thomas Boberg

{{Short description|Danish writer (born 1960)}}

{{Infobox writer

| name = Thomas Boberg

| image = Thomas-boberg_DSC01007.jpg

| image_size = 250

| caption = Boberg at Literaturexchange Festival in Aarhus, Denmark, 2019

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1960|5|5|df=y}}

| birth_place = Roskilde, Denmark

| occupation = Poet, travel writer

| notableworks = Americas; Livsstil

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File:Boberg, Thomas -FILSA 2015 11 07 fRF01.jpg, 2015]]

Thomas Boberg (born 5 May 1960 in Roskilde){{cite web|url=http://www.danishliterature.info/index.php?id=2092&no_cache=1&tx_lfforfatter_pi2%5Bstage%5D=8&tx_lfforfatter_pi2%5Buid%5D=60&tx_lfforfatter_pi2%5Blang%5D=_eng|title=Biography about Thomas Boberg|publisher=Danish Arts Agency|accessdate=2009-10-19}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}} is a Danish poet and travel writer. Since his debut in 1984 he has received extensive recognition for his contribution to Danish literature. Since 2018 member of The Danish Academy (Det Danske Akademi).

Boberg lived in Peru for several years and has traveled widely in Latin America and Africa.{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://snl.no/Thomas_Boberg|title=Thomas Boberg|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|language=Norwegian|accessdate=2009-10-19}} Many of his works stem from his travels in South and Central America, often focusing on the exploited and poor.{{cite web|url=http://www.danishliterature.info/index.php?id=2092&no_cache=1&tx_lfforfatter_pi1%5Buid%5D=60&tx_lfforfatter_pi2%5Blang%5D=_eng|title=Author Profile|last=Conrad|first=Neal Ashley|year=1999|publisher=Danish Arts Agency|accessdate=2009-10-19}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}} Boberg has been nominated twice for the Nordic Council's Literature Prize, in 1999 for Americas,{{cite web|url=http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/kultur/litteratur/1.3830644|title=På reise med Thomas Boberg|last=Thiis-Evensen|first=Charlotte|date=2007-10-23|publisher=NRK|language=Norwegian|accessdate=2009-10-19}} and in 2006 for Livsstil (Life Style).{{cite web|url=http://www.nordic-literature.org/2006/english/articles/104.htm|title=Chewing on the devil's throat|last=Stølan|first=Arne Hugo|publisher=Nordic Literature and Library Committee|accessdate=2009-10-19}}

Thomas Boberg is the son of the surrealist painter Jørgen Boberg (1940–2009).{{cite news|url=http://www.kristeligt-dagblad.dk/mennesker/rejseeventyrets-digter|title=Rejseeventyrets digter: Den anerkendte danske digter Thomas Boberg har levet det meste af sit voksenliv i udlandet. I dag fylder den berejste forfatter 50 år|author=Daniel Øhrstrøm|newspaper=Kristeligt Dagblad|date=5 July 2010|accessdate=16 November 2014 |language=Danish}}