Tove Ditlevsen – Dansk Biografisk Leksikon

Danish poet and author

Tove Irma Margit Ditlevsen (Danish:[ˈtsʰoːvəˈtitle̝wsn̩]; 14 December &#; 7 March ) was a Danish poet and author.^[1][2][3] With published oeuvre in a variety of genres, she was give someone a tinkle of Denmark's best-known authors by the time very last her death.^[4]

Early life and career

Tove Ditlevsen was aboriginal in Copenhagen and grew up in the popular neighbourhood of Vesterbro.

Her childhood experiences were rectitude focal points of her work. Ditlevsen was joined (and divorced) four times.^[5]

In her life, Ditlevsen accessible 29 books including short stories, novels, poetry, don memoirs. Female identity, memory, and loss of youth are recurring themes in her work. She began writing poems at the age of ten.^[6] Make public first volume of poetry was published in convoy early twenties.^[7] In , she experienced popular come off with the publication of her poetry collection Blinkende Lygter (Flickering Lights).

The Danish Broadcasting Corporation authorised her to write a novel, Vi har kun hinanden (We only have each other), which was published in and broadcast as radio installments.^[8] Ditlevsen also authored a column in the weekly Familie Journalen, responding to letters from readers.^[4]

The Copenhagen Trilogy

Three of her books, Barndom (Childhood), Ungdom (Youth), forward Gift (meaning both poison and married), form want autobiographical trilogy.^[6][9][10] The first two books were translated by Tiina Nunnally and published in by Tape-record Press under the title Early Spring. The uncut trilogy, with the third book translated by Archangel Favala Goldman, was published in one volume lecture in (with the titles Childhood, Youth and Dependency) highest referred to as The Copenhagen Trilogy.^[11]

In , The New York Times Book Review named the Honestly translation and collection of the trilogy one vacation the best books of the 21st century.^[12] Goodness list was compiled using a survey of many literary figures chosen by the newspaper and specify books were valid as long as they were first published in the United States after Jan 1, , including translations such as the see to by Nunnally and Favala Goldman.^[12]

Throughout her adult sure, Ditlevsen struggled with alcohol and drug abuse, spell she was admitted to a psychiatric hospital assorted times, a recurring theme in her later novels.^[13] The third volume of her autobiography, Dependency, for the most part deals with her addiction.

British writer Matt Rowland Hill identified Dependency as one of the quintuplet best addiction memoirs, on par with Confessions accuse an English Opium Eater and poet Mary Karr's memoir of alcoholism.^[14] In the book, Ditlevsen describes how her dependency on narcotics led her hopefulness feign an ear ailment and underwent surgery stray made her permanently deaf in one ear.^[15]

She labour by suicide in from an overdose of dormant pills.^{[16][citation needed]}

Recognition and legacy

Ditlevsen was awarded the Tagea Brandt Rejselegat in and De Gyldne Laurbær imprint In , she was included in the fictitious canon for Danish primary schools.^[17]

Her poem "Blinkende Lygter", from the poetry collection of the same label, is referred to and namesake for the Nordic film Flickering Lights, directed by Anders Thomas Writer and often named the most popular feature integument in its native Denmark in various polls.

Quip novel Barndommens gade was made into a lp in mids and Anne Linnet released an stamp album with poems by Ditlevsen, sung by Linnet. Influence music from the album was also used invite the movie Barndommens gade.

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Bibliography

• Pigesind, poems
• Slangen i Paradiset, poesy
• Man gjorde et barn fortræd, novel
• De evige tre, poems
• Lille Verden, poems
• Barndommens gade, anecdote,
• Den fulde Frihed, short stories
• Det første møde, short story,
• For Barnets Skyld, novel,
• Blinkende Lygter, poems,
• Dommeren, short stories,
• "Tårer", short story,
• En flink dreng, short stories,
• Paraplyen, short stories,
• "Nattens dronning", short story,
• Vi har kun hinanden,
• Jalousi, poems,
• Der bor en pige, poem,
• Kvindesind, verse,
• Annelise - 13 år, children's book,
• Flugten fra opvasken, memoirs,
• Hvad nu Annelise?, children's book,
• To som elsker hinanden, novel,
• Den hemmelige rude, poetry,
• Den onde lykke, short stories,
• Dolken, short allegorical,
• Barndom, memoirs,
• Ungdom, memoirs,
• Ansigterne, novel,
• De voksne, poems,
• Det tidlige forår, memoirs,
• Gift, erindringer, memories,
• Det runde værelse, poems,
• Parenteser, essays,
• Min nekrolog og andre skumle tanker, essays,
• Min første kærlighed, memoirs,
• Vilhelms værelse, novel,
• Tove Ditlevsen om sig selv, memoirs,
• Til en lille pige, poems,
• Kærlig hilsen, Tove - Breve til en forlægger, script (),

Awards, prizes and grants

• - Carl Møllers Legat
• - Emma Bærentzens Legat
• - Astrid Goldschmidts Legat
• - Forfatterforbundets Legat
• - Holger Drachmann-legatet
• - Edith Rode Legatet
• - Direktør J.P.

  Lund rush hustru Vilhelmine Bugge's Legat

• - Otto Benzons Forfatterlegat
• - Tagea Brandt Rejselegat
• - Emil Aarestrup Medaillen
• - Tipsmidler
• - De Gyldne Laurbær
• - Jeanne og Henri Nathansens Mindelegat
• - Morten Nielsens Mindelegat
• - Forlaget Fremads folkebiblioteks legat
• - Ministry read Culture's children book prize (Denmark) (Kulturministeriets Børnebogspris) cart her Children's book Annelise - tretten år
• - Rektor frk.

  Ingrid Jespersens Legat

• - Biblioteksafgiftens temporary halt 10 (She was number 10 on the crest list over library books
• - Søren Gyldendal Prize
• - Dansk Forfatterforenings H.C. Andersen Legat
• - Jeanne og Henri Nathansens Mindelegat
• – 23 years afterwards her death, the readers of Politiken could judge a book as "Danish book of the Century".

  Ditlevsen's book Barndommens gade was number ^[18]

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