Det hele begynder i en lille celle i Vestre fængsel. På gulvet ligger den 25 år gamle marokkaner Faycal Caaban. Han afsoner en dom for væbnet røveri. I går havde han været hos fængslets læge […]
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Når tiden standser
Fotografier er blevet så naturlig en del af vores verdensbillede, at vi sjældent skænker dem en tanke, når vi ser dem. Måske når vi at registrere indholdet af et reklamefoto, måske vækkes vores nysgerrighed af […]
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Film der dræber
Artikel i Chili: “Vi mener, at filmen er et af de mest moderne og økonomiske midler til massepåvirkning. En regering kan derfor ikke overlade filmen til sig selv.” Goebbels Det propagandamedie, som nazisterne anså for […]
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Sidis novel nominated for “PREMIO LETTERARIA”
LA VITA PERFETTA DI WILLIAM SIDIS by Morten Brask and translated by Ingrid Basso (Iperborea 2014) is among the five nominees for the Italian literary prize “PREMIO LETTERARIA”. The translator, Ingrid Basso is the nominated […]
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The films of Evil
This is a non-fiction book about the anti-semitic film propaganda in the Third Reich. It is focused on how the German anti-semitism was conveyed in the nazi cinema and contains thorough analyzations of some of […]
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Good Will’ Sidis out in France
The novel about the prodigy William Sidis “The perfect Life of William Sidis” is released in France june 2013. Titled “La Vie parfaite de William Sidis” it is translated by Caroline Berg and published by […]
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The Sea in Theresienstadt out in France
The Sea in Theresienstadt (Havet i Theresienstadt) was published 2011 in France by the Paris located publishing house, Presses de la Cité. In French the novel is titled Terezin Plage, beautifully translated into the French by Caroline […]
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The Sea in Theresienstadt
Nominated for Prix du Roman Fnac and Prix Chapitre du roman Europeen. A novel about the young Jewish doctor, Daniel Faigel, his years in the concentration camp Theresienstadt outside Prague – and his haunted childhood […]
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Sidis novel published in Italy
The perfect Life of William Sidis is now out in Italy. It’s translated by Ingrid Basso and published by the Milano-based publishing house, Iperborea. Read about the novel in English here The novel has been […]
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Forfattersnobben og de uskrivelige ord
Jeg har en tilståelse. Jeg er en snob. Ikke snob som man normalt opfatter denne betegnelse, men en arrogant ordsnob, en som hovent rynker på næsen ad mindreværdige ord, en der som prinsessen i Klodshans […]
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Havets skygger
Essay i Weekendavisen skrevet 1997: For nogle år siden mærkede jeg de første symptomer. Det startede med at jeg blot læste mindre og mindre. Stablen af halvt afsluttede bøger voksede. Jeg forstod ikke hvad det […]
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Om at miste sine børn
Trykt i magasinet for Landsforeningen for Spædbarnsdød 2000: Flere år er gået. Hvad er erfaringerne? Hvordan er det som far og mand at gennemleve en ubærlig sorg? En morgen kaldte en læge os ind til […]
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Kærlighed i hagekorsets skygge
Artikel i Chili: Hitlers propagandaminister havde en ny elskerinde hver uge, men en dag forsøgte han at få fingre i Hitlers yndlingsinstruktør, Leni Riefenstahl… Kærlighed i hagekorsets skygge Jeg var én af verdens bedste filminstruktører, […]
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Nazi cinema
The films of evil is a non-fiction book about the antisemitic nazi cinema. Inside it you find a very thorough analysis of the notorious and extremely hateful films “Jew Süss” and “The eternal Jew”. The […]
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Nazi film propaganda (free download)
Download gratis et eksemplar af bogen her. Jeg har gennem årene skrevet en del om den nazistiske filmpropaganda. Målgruppen har været forskellig. Nogen har været til grundskolen og gymnasiet, nogen til det mere voksne publikum. […]
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The little Savior – Den lille Frelser
An absurd comedy about Social Media. The little Savior (Den lille Frelser) is a satirical novel about Social media and celebrity culture. It’s written under the pseudonyme Martin Bartholdy. The book is illustrated by cartoonist […]
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Blondanett – Diary of a prostitute
Blondanett – a prostitute´s diary is Morten Brask´s description of a Danish prostitute´s world. After listening to sound recordings made by Copenhagen prostitute “Blondanett”, he interviewed her and the book contains not only a description […]
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A girl and a boy published in Russia
Just out. A girl and a boy about a young couples loss of their children is published in Russia at the largest publishing house in the country, Eksmo – Издательство Эксмо. Read more about the novel […]
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Excerpt from Sidis novel (English)
Read entire English excerpt here. Imagine being eleven years old. And imagine you are invited to hold a lecture on the forth geometrical dimension at Harvard in front of a horde of math and physic […]
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Journey in the rainy Season
Journey in the rainy Season A travelogue about Morten Brask and Siri Aronsen’s dramatic and beautiful seven-month long journal into the remote Indonesian islands far away from the downtrodden paths of mass tourism. The two authors […]
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De døde drenge – et prosadigt
Det sker i en sommer i en ferie i en barndom i et gammelt årti. Jeg løber over marken i mit sollyse hår, løber og løber, beruset af lykke — lykkelig løber jeg, alene, løber […]
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Anja Fonseca and Morten Brask about “To morrow I stop”.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIrzrxvNiF0
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Interview at Bottari Lattes award (engl.)
Morten Brask interviewed after being awarded the Bottari Lattes Grinzane literary award (in English, Italian subtitles).
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Den elektroniske vagthund
Kronik i Berlingske Tidende om Ted Turner og historien om CNNs første dage: Det var en af de dage, hvor ingenting skete. Ingen krige, ingen mord, intet børskrak. Det var den 1. juni 1980, hvor […]
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Om ord der tørrer ud
Det skete for nogle dage siden. Jeg havde mine anelser om at det var på vej, men jeg havde ignoreret alle varsler. Først tænkte jeg at hvis jeg bare bliver ved, konfronterer det og bare […]
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Download books by William Sidis
The once famous prodigy, William Sidis, wrote several books on various and often quite obscure objects. Here you can download two of Sidis’ works. The Tribes and the States – Sidis revisionistic account about the […]
