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De Gyldne Laurbær
De Gyldne Laurbær (English: The Golden Laurel) (earlier: Boghandlernes Gyldne Laurbær) is a Danish literature award, which was established in 1949. The award is handed by ''The Committee De Gyldne Laurbær'', formerly ''Boghandlerklubben'' (The Bookshops' Club). The prize is given annually in February or March. Originally the award was a laurel wreath, a golden pin with an inscription, some money and a book gift worth 2500 DKK. Today the award is a laurel wreathe, a diploma and a book gift worth 2500 DKK. The award is handed at a ceremony arranged by the publishing house which has published the winning book and by the Committee De Gyldne Laurbær. Early in January every year the committee sends out ballot to all the Danish bookshops, which then give their vote for a Danish book which was published the year before. An author can only win The Golden Laurel once-in-a-lifetime, so the bookshops can not vote for an author who has already won the prize once before. The winner is usual ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hanne-Vibeke Holst
Hanne-Vibeke Holst (born 21 February 1959 in Hjørring, Denmark) is an author. She has an education as a journalist and has worked on the Danish newspapers ''Berlingske Tidende'' and ''Søndags B.T.'' She is the daughter of authors Knud Holst Andersen and Kirsten Johanne Høybye. She was married in 1984. Today, she acts as a Goodwill Ambassador to the UNFPA and is a personal appointed member of the Danish UNESCO National Commission. Her books are mainly about modern women facing both new options and old problems, and have been translated to several languages, including German, Dutch, and Swedish. In 2003 she was awarded the Søren Gyldendal Prize. In 2008 she won the Danish booksellers annual prize De Gyldne Laurbær De Gyldne Laurbær (English: The Golden Laurel) (earlier: Boghandlernes Gyldne Laurbær) is a Danish literature award, which was established in 1949. The award is handed by ''The Committee De Gyldne Laurbær'', formerly ''Boghandlerklubben'' (The ... (The Golden L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erik Aalbæk Jensen
Erik Aalbæk Jensen (19 August 1923, Thy, Denmark – 30 September 1997) was a Danish writer and Lutheran minister who was awarded both the Danish Critics Prize for Literature and the Søren Gyldendal Prize for his works, most notably ''Perleporten''. Life The son of a teacher, Jensen grew up in the rural area Thy and neighbouring Vendsyssel in North Jutland and, after a visit to the Aalborg Cathedral, began a study of Evangelic theology. During World War II, he began to be involved with the Danish resistance movement of the Nazi German occupation of Denmark and was, after his arrest, sent to a concentration camp. After the end of the war, he continued his studies and, according to his ordination, became a pastor of the Danish People's Church in Osted. He first made literary his debut in 1948 by posting contributions to the magazine ''Heretica'' before publishing his first novel, ''Dommen'' (The Judgment), in 1949, which was followed by ''Dæmningen'' (The Dam) in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hold Kæft Og Vær Smuk
Hold may refer to: Physical spaces * Hold (ship), interior cargo space * Baggage hold, cargo space on an airplane * Stronghold, a castle or other fortified place Arts, entertainment, and media * Hold (musical term), a pause, also called a Fermata * "Hold" (song), a song by Vera Blue * "Hold", a song by Axium from '' Blindsided'' * "Hold", a song by Saves the Day from ''I'm Sorry I'm Leaving'' * Hold, in a card game (e.g., blackjack or poker, the cards that are kept in a hand, not those discarded and replaced * Handhold (dance), a type of hold in dance * Hold (novel) a novel by Michael Donkor Law * Legal hold, a legal ruling or official declaration * Secret hold, a parliamentary procedure Sports * Hold (baseball), a statistic that may be awarded to a relief pitcher * Climbing hold, on climbing walls * Grappling hold, a specific grip applied to an opponent in wrestling or martial arts Technology * Hold (aviation), a manoeuvre designed to delay an aircraft already in flight while ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vita Andersen
Vita Andersen (29 October 1942 – 20 July 2021) was a Danish poet, novelist, playwright and children's writer. Career Andersen made her literary debut in 1977 with the poetry collection ', which is among the most sold poetry collections in Denmark. Further publications include the short story collection ''Hold kæft og vær smuk'' (1978), the plays ''Elsk mig'' (1980) and ''Kannibalerne'' (1982), the novel ''Hva'for en hånd vil du ha'' (1987), and the children's books ''Petruskas laksko'' (1989) and ''Coco'' (1997). She was awarded De Gyldne Laurbær in 1979, the Danish Critics Prize for Literature in 1987, and the Søren Gyldendal Prize in 1991. Her novel ''Indigo'' from 2017 was nominated for the Nordic Council Literature Prize. Personal life Andersen was born on 29 October 1942, a daughter of author Aage Neutzsky-Wulff. She was a half sister to Erwin Neutzsky-Wulff Erwin Neutzsky-Wulff (born 24 November 1949) is a Danish author and philosopher who has published within ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dea Trier Mørch
Dea Trier Mørch (9 December 1941 – 26 May 2001) was a Danish artist and writer.Marianne Zibrandtsen''Dea Trier Mørch'' Den Store Danske, retrieved 18 January 2015 (Danish). She gained fame in 1976 with ''Vinterbørn'', translated into English as ''Winter's Child''. Biography Born in Copenhagen, Mørch was the daughter of the architect Ibi Trier Mørch. She studied painting at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, graduating in 1964, and continued her education until 1967 at the art academies of Warsaw, Kraków, Belgrade, Leningrad and Prague. Her first book, ''Sorgmunter socialisme. Sovjetiske raderinger'' (1968), illustrated with her own etchings, gives an account of her travels to the Soviet Union. She became a member of the Danish Communist Party and, in 1969, was a co-founder of the socially oriented culture collective Røde Mor (Red Mother). In 1976, she published ''Vinterbørn'' based on her experience of giving birth to three children in Copenhagen's Rigshospitalet. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benny Andersen
Benny Andersen (7 November 1929 – 16 August 2018)Benny Andersen er død '' BT'' 17 August 2018 was a Danish poet, author, songwriter, composer and pianist. He is often remembered for his collaboration with the singer Povl Dissing; together they released an album with Andersen's poems from the collection ''Svantes viser''. This album and Andersen's book "''Svantes viser''" (Svante's Songs) from 1972 were included by the Danish Ministry of Culture in the in 2006, in the category "Popular music". And ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Ladegaard
Anna Ladegaard (14 December 1913 in Aarhus- 16 May 2000) was a Danish writer. Biography Born in Aarhus, Ladegaard studied at Pitman's College in London. In 1952-53 she worked at the Danish Embassy in Stockholm and in 1953 she moved to Southern Rhodesia, living in Bulawayo and Salisbury. She returned to Denmark in 1960. Ladegaard began writing in the 1930s, often documenting her travels and writing short stories and articles for newspapers. She published her debut novel ''Opbrud i oktober'' in October 1966, a psychological novel set in Rhodesia. The novel was followed by ''Hvor var Hannah Jacoby?'' in 1968, a novel about a Danish woman who survives a concentration camp Internment is the imprisonment of people, commonly in large groups, without charges or intent to file charges. The term is especially used for the confinement "of enemy citizens in wartime or of terrorism suspects". Thus, while it can simply .... This was followed by novels such as ''Udenfor sæsonen'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Kampmann
Christian Peter Georg Kampmann (24 July 1939 in Hellerup – 13 September 1988 on Læsø) was a Danish writer and journalist. His novels are mainly about the middle and upper classes in the post war time and until the 1980s. The books are mainly about people who has some problems finding their place in the world and their feelings, e.g. homosexuality. Kampmann was bisexual himself, although he was married to piano player Therese Herman Koppel for many years and had two children. Kampmann was involved in the Danish Gay Liberation Front from 1975 and he was editor of the journal Sexual Policy from 1975 to 1978. In 1988, he was killed at his beach house on Læsø by his cohabitant and lover, Danish author Jens Michael Schau. The murder was profiled in Jonas Poher Rasmussen Jonas Poher Rasmussen (born May 19, 1981) is a Danish filmmaker. In 2021, he wrote and directed the animated documentary, '' Flee,'' that received three nominations for the Best Documentary Feature, Best Interna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leif Panduro
Leif Thormod Panduro (18 April 1923 – 16 January 1977) was a Danish writer, novelist, short story writer, and dramatist. Life A dentist by profession, he began in his thirties to write stories about people who can't conform to society's rules for one reason or another. ''Rend mig i traditionerne'', (Kick me in the traditions) from 1959 is about an adolescent who finally ends up in an asylum because he thinks society is mad. This novel was made into a film in 1979. ''Fern fra Danmark'' (Mr. Fern from Denmark) is about a man who wakes up in a hospital with amnesia but discovers more and more about a not very pleasant self. Panduro's books and plays grew increasingly pessimistic about the orderly middle-class society and its senseless norms. Panduro's books were and are still popular in Denmark. In 1970 he won the Danish booksellers prize ''De Gyldne Laurbær''. Several of his novels were later made into films. His books are used in the Danish public schools. Awards In 1971 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inger Christensen
Inger Christensen (16 January 1935 – 2 January 2009) was a Danish poet, novelist, essayist and editor. She is considered the foremost Danish poetic experimentalist of her generation. Life and work Born in the town of Vejle, on the eastern Jutland coast of Denmark, Christensen's father was a tailor, and her mother a cook before her marriage. After graduating from Vejle Gymnasium, she moved to Copenhagen and, later, to Århus, studying at the Teachers’ College there. She received her certificate in 1958. During this same period, Christensen began publishing poems in the journal Hvedekorn, and was guided by the noted Danish poet and critic Poul Borum (1934–1995), whom she married in 1959 and divorced in 1976.Jensen, Elisabeth Mølle''Inger Christensen (1935 - 2009)''. Dansk Kvindebiografisk Leksikon. After teaching at the College for Arts in Holbæk from 1963 to 1964, she turned to writing full-time, producing two of her major early collections, ''Lys'' (''Light'', 1962) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
