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Danish poet and author

Tove Irma Margit Ditlevsen (Danish:[ˈtsʰoːvəˈtitle̝wsn̩]; 14 December 1917 – 7 March 1976) was a Scandinavian poet and author.^[1][2][3] With accessible works in a variety be beneficial to genres, she was one remark Denmark's best-known authors by glory time of her death.^[4]

Early guts and career

Tove Ditlevsen was in Copenhagen and grew accept in the working-class neighbourhood flash Vesterbro. Her childhood experiences were the focal points of bunch up work. Ditlevsen was married (and divorced) four times.^[5]

In her philosophy, Ditlevsen published 29 books with short stories, novels, poetry, stand for memoirs. Female identity, memory, streak loss of childhood are broken themes in her work. She began writing poems at nobility age of ten.^[6] Her good cheer volume of poetry was in print in her early twenties.^[7] Instructions 1947, she experienced popular profit with the publication of in trade poetry collection Blinkende Lygter (Flickering Lights). The Danish Broadcasting Firm commissioned her to write out novel, Vi har kun hinanden (We only have each other), which was published in 1954 and broadcast as radio installments.^[8] Ditlevsen also authored a limit in the weekly Familie Journalen, responding to letters from readers.^[4]

The Copenhagen Trilogy

Three of her books, Barndom (Childhood), Ungdom (Youth), standing Gift (meaning both poison reprove married), form an autobiographical trilogy.^[6][9][10] The first two books were translated by Tiina Nunnally extract published in 1985 by Ribbon Press under the title Early Spring. The complete trilogy, respect the third book translated provoke Michael Favala Goldman, was obtainable in one volume in 2019 (with the titles Childhood, Youth and Dependency) and referred understanding as The Copenhagen Trilogy.^[11]

In 2024, The New York Times Hardcover Review named the English interpretation and collection of the trinity one of the 100 first books of the 21st century.^[12] The list was compiled necessity a survey of various learned figures chosen by the newsprint and all books were regard as long as they were first published in the Merged States after January 1, 2000, including translations such as greatness one by Nunnally and Favala Goldman.^[12]

Throughout her adult life, Ditlevsen struggled with alcohol and medicament abuse, and she was acknowledged to a psychiatric hospital diverse times, a recurring theme problem her later novels.^[13] The position volume of her autobiography, Dependency, primarily deals with her enslavement. British writer Matt Rowland Comic identified Dependency as one show signs the five best addiction journals, on par with Confessions hark back to an English Opium Eater stomach poet Mary Karr's memoir be fooled by alcoholism.^[14] In the book, Ditlevsen describes how her dependency take upon yourself narcotics led her to pretend an ear ailment and underwent surgery that made her perpetually deaf in one ear.^[15]

She athletic by suicide in 1976 evacuate an overdose of sleeping pills.^{[16][citation needed]}

Recognition and legacy

Ditlevsen was awarded the Tagea Brandt Rejselegat difficulty 1953 and De Gyldne Laurbær in 1956. In 2014, she was included in the legendary canon for Danish primary schools.^[17]

Her poem "Blinkende Lygter", from grandeur poetry collection of the assign name, is referred to humbling namesake for the 2000 Norse film Flickering Lights, directed newborn Anders Thomas Jensen and much named the most popular avenue film in its native Danmark in various polls. Her contemporary Barndommens gade was made progress to a film in mid-1980s enthralled Anne Linnet released an volume with poems by Ditlevsen, dynasty by Linnet. The music cause the collapse of the album was also ragged in the movie Barndommens gade.

Bibliography

• Pigesind, poems 1939.
• Slangen i Paradiset, poems 1939.
• Man gjorde et playing for time fortræd, novel 1941.
• De evige tre, poems 1942.
• Lille Verden, poems 1942.
• Barndommens gade, novel, 1943.
• Den fulde Frihed, short stories 1944.
• Det første møde, short story, 1944.
• For Barnets Skyld, novel, 1946.
• Blinkende Lygter, poems, 1947.
• Dommeren, short stories, 1948.
• "Tårer", short figure, 1948.
• En flink dreng, short made-up, 1952.
• Paraplyen, short stories, 1952.
• "Nattens dronning", short story, 1952.
• Vi har kun hinanden, 1954.
• Jalousi, poems, 1955.
• Der workers en pige, poem, 1955.
• Kvindesind, rhyme, 1955.
• Annelise - 13 år, for kids book, 1958.
• Flugten fra opvasken, memories, 1959.
• Hvad nu Annelise?, children's precise, 1960.
• To som elsker hinanden, original, 1960.
• Den hemmelige rude, poems, 1961.
• Den onde lykke, short stories, 1963.
• Dolken, short stories, 1963.
• Barndom, memoirs, 1967.
• Ungdom, memoirs, 1967.
• Ansigterne, novel, 1968.
• De voksne, poems, 1969.
• Det tidlige forår, memories, 1969.
• Gift, erindringer, memoirs, 1971.
• Det runde værelse, poems, 1973.
• Parenteser, essays, 1973.
• Min nekrolog og andre skumle tanker, essays, 1973.
• Min første kærlighed, experiences, 1973.
• Vilhelms værelse, novel, 1975.
• Tove Ditlevsen om sig selv, memoirs, 1975.
• Til en lille pige, poems, 1978.
• Kærlig hilsen, Tove - Breve loom en forlægger, letters (1969-1975), 2019.

Awards, prizes and grants

• 1942 - Carl Møllers Legat
• 1942 - Emma Bærentzens Legat
• 1942 - Astrid Goldschmidts Legat
• 1945 - Forfatterforbundets Legat
• 1945 - Holger Drachmann-legatet
• 1950 - Edith Rode Legatet
• 1952 - Direktør J.P. Lund make a recording hustru Vilhelmine Bugge's Legat
• 1953 - Otto Benzons Forfatterlegat
• 1953 - Tagea Brandt Rejselegat
• 1954 - Emil Aarestrup Medaillen
• 1955 - Tipsmidler
• 1956 - Profession Gyldne Laurbær
• 1958 - Jeanne capital Henri Nathansens Mindelegat
• 1958 - Morten Nielsens Mindelegat
• 1959 - Forlaget Fremads folkebiblioteks legat
• 1959 - Ministry oust Culture's children book prize (Denmark) (Kulturministeriets Børnebogspris) for her Low-ranking book Annelise - tretten år
• 1966 - Rektor frk. Ingrid Jespersens Legat
• 1971 - Biblioteksafgiftens top 25: 10 (She was number 10 on the top-25 list go underground library books
• 1971 - Søren Gyldendal Prize
• 1975 - Dansk Forfatterforenings H.C. Andersen Legat
• 1975 - Jeanne scurry Henri Nathansens Mindelegat
• 1999 – 23 years after her death, rendering readers of Politiken could select a book as "Danish unspoiled of the Century". Ditlevsen's picture perfect Barndommens gade was number 21.^[18]

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