Collected Grooks II

Grooks

by Piet Hein

Denmark 2002. Here is a collection from a best-selling author and poet, a popular convenor of assemblies of Nobel Laureates; the undoubted inventor of a form of small aphoristic verse called a Grook, which are short statements that appear self-evident as soon as they have been formulated. His grooks often open a small window on a large world. In his native Denmark Piet Hein is regarded as a national institution. Try to imagine a mixture of A.P. Herbert and C.P. Snow - a kind of A.P. Snowbert - and you will get somewhere near him. , English, Year2002, Illust. B/W185, Illust. Color, ISBN8721018618, Hardbound, Index. Pages195, Size7 1/2Óx 5Ó

Hardcover

Published January 1, 2002

About the author

Danish mathematician, inventor, designer, author, and poet, often writing under the Old Norse pseudonym "Kumbel" meaning "tombstone". He has been called an universalist. In that way a spiritual affinity existed between him and the Renaissance ideal - a modern variant of Leonardo da Vinci. However, contrary to the historical ideals, in Piet Hein's works is found an easily recognizable element whether it is a matter of scientific publications, essays, poetry or architecture. The special Piet Hein touch is the supe-riority of the form in relation to the objectives, the medium and - for that matter - the contents.

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