Greenland (Denmark) / All works
Novel
Niuertorutsip pania
Not translated into English
Pavia Petersen · 1944
Synopsis
The Daughter of the Trading Post Manager: in a small trading post in Greenland, at the turn of the twentieth century, the heroine, born to a Danish father and a Greenlandic mother, has inherited the best qualities of both peoples. Den Store Danske, the only source to describe the novel, says no more about it.
Context
The novel appeared in 1944, a year after the death of its author, known until then for his poetry and for a short comedy. Den Store Danske sees in Pavia Petersen a poet of the seasons, who sings of autumn and winter with the same ease as spring and summer, unlike most Greenlandic nature lyricists, and who willingly returns to the heritage of his ancestors. The Danish title of the novel is Udstedsbestyrerens datter.
Who it is for
A posthumous novel from early Greenlandic literature; no French or English translation has been found.
Prizes and reception
The Danish encyclopaedia reads in it the portrait of a heroine who combines in herself the best of two peoples.