Sven Holm (13 April 1940 – 11 May 2019) was a
Danish
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author and playwright. Holm graduated from
Herlufsholm School
Herlufsholm School ( da, Herlufsholm Skole og Gods) is a private day and boarding school by the River Suså in Næstved, about south of Copenhagen. Herlufsholm was founded in 1565 as a boarding school for "sons of noble and other honest men" on ...
in 1958. His first short story collection, ''Den store fjende'', was published in 1961. In 1974, Holm was awarded the
Grand Prize of the Danish Academy The Grand Prize of the Danish Academy, founded in 1961, is the most notable of Denmark's literature prizes and awards. It is awarded by the Danish Academy. Until 1982, it was handed yearly, but since then it has been given every second year. The fir ...
. He was awarded the
Holberg Medal
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in 1991. In 2001, Holm was made a member of the
Danish Academy
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. That same year, he was awarded the
Danish Critics Prize for Literature The Danish Critics Prize for Literature (in Danish: ''Kritikerprisen'') is an annual Danish literature award. It was established in 1957 by the Danish Publishers Association. Since 1971 the award has been made by the Danish Literature Critics Associ ...
for his short story collection ''Kanten af himlen''.
Selected works
Prose
* ''Den store fjende'' (''The great enemy''), short story collection, 1961
*''Nedstyrtningen'' (''The Crash''), short story collection, 1963
* ''Termush, Atlanterhavskysten'' (''Termush''), novel, 1967
* ''Kanten af himlen'' (''The edge of the sky''), short story collection, 2001
Drama
*''Syg og munter'' (''Sick and cheerful'')
*''Den anden side af Krista X'' (''The other side of Krista X'')
*''Hr. Henrys begravelse og andre fortællinger'' (''Sir. Henry's funeral and other tales'')
* ''Struensee var her'' (''Struensee was here''), 1977
* ''Schumanns Nat'', 2002
References
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1940 births
2019 deaths
20th-century Danish male writers
21st-century Danish male writers
20th-century Danish dramatists and playwrights
21st-century Danish dramatists and playwrights
20th-century Danish short story writers
21st-century Danish short story writers