Piet Hein Boeken
Deze Deense wiskundige, verteller en kunstenaar staat bekend om een unieke stijl die al zijn werken doordringt, of het nu wetenschappelijke publicaties, essays, poëzie of architectuur betreft. Zijn creaties worden gekenmerkt door de superioriteit van vorm ten opzichte van doel, medium en inhoud. Hij wordt vaak omschreven als een universalist, wiens aanpak resoneert met het Renaissance-ideaal van veelzijdigheid, belichaamd door moderne scheppers. Zijn werken behouden een herkenbare 'Piet Hein-touch', wat ze onderscheidt.
What in the world is a Grook? A grook is a short, aphoristic poem, accompanied by an appropriate drawing, revealing in a minimum of words and with a minimum of lines some basic truth about the human condition. Grooks were created originally during the Nazi occupation of Denmark. They began life as a sort of underground language just out of reach of the understanding of the Germans. They have since become one of the most widely read forms of composition in the Scandinavian - and English - languages. Grooks are the product of one of the most ingenious minds of this century or any other century. A Danish scientist turned poet, Piet Hein has published longer poems, fiction, drama and essays; he has designed a "rectangular oval," the Super-Ellipse, used in the new Stockholm city center and other cities; he has invented games, the newest of which, SOMA and the Super-Egg, have just been released by Parker Brothers to the delight of hundreds of thousands. What in the world is a grook? Look inside and see for yourself; but beware: you are about to become a grookaddict, a happy victim of one of the most relaxing pleasures available in this nervous world.
