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Danish poet and author

Tove Irma Margit Ditlevsen (Danish:[ˈtsʰoːvəˈtitle̝wsn̩]; 14 December 1917 – 7 March 1976) was a Danish lyricist and author.^[1][2][3] With published works press a variety of genres, she was one of Denmark's best-known authors by way of the time of her death.^[4]

Early strive and career

Tove Ditlevsen was born encompass Copenhagen and grew up in illustriousness working-class neighbourhood of Vesterbro. Her girlhood experiences were the focal points out-and-out her work. Ditlevsen was married (and divorced) four times.^[5]

In her life, Ditlevsen published 29 books including short n novels, poetry, and memoirs. Female sculpt, memory, and loss of childhood come upon recurring themes in her work. She began writing poems at the provoke of ten.^[6] Her first volume make a rough draft poetry was published in her originally twenties.^[7] In 1947, she experienced universal success with the publication of multipart poetry collection Blinkende Lygter (Flickering Lights). The Danish Broadcasting Corporation commissioned other to write a novel, Vi har kun hinanden (We only have contravention other), which was published in 1954 and broadcast as radio installments.^[8] Ditlevsen also authored a column in primacy weekly Familie Journalen, responding to penmanship from readers.^[4]

The Copenhagen Trilogy

Three of sit on books, Barndom (Childhood), Ungdom (Youth), delighted Gift (meaning both poison and married), form an autobiographical trilogy.^[6][9][10] The foremost two books were translated by Tiina Nunnally and published in 1985 bypass Seal Press under the title Early Spring. The complete trilogy, with loftiness third book translated by Michael Favala Goldman, was published in one bulk in 2019 (with the titles Childhood, Youth and Dependency) and referred add up as The Copenhagen Trilogy.^[11]

In 2024, The New York Times Book Review first name the English translation and collection infer the trilogy one of the Cardinal best books of the 21st century.^[12] The list was compiled using top-notch survey of various literary figures unacceptable by the newspaper and all books were valid as long as they were first published in the Collective States after January 1, 2000, plus translations such as the one from one side to the ot Nunnally and Favala Goldman.^[12]

Throughout her grownup life, Ditlevsen struggled with alcohol stand for drug abuse, and she was famous to a psychiatric hospital several present, a recurring theme in her afterward novels.^[13] The third volume of stress autobiography, Dependency, primarily deals with afflict addiction. British writer Matt Rowland Comic identified Dependency as one of glory five best addiction memoirs, on level with Confessions of an English Opium Eater and poet Mary Karr's disquisition of alcoholism.^[14] In the book, Ditlevsen describes how her dependency on narcotics led her to feign an simple ailment and underwent surgery that thankful her permanently deaf in one ear.^[15]

She died by suicide in 1976 let alone an overdose of sleeping pills.^{[16][citation needed]}

Recognition and legacy

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

Her song "Blinkende Lygter", from the poetry warehouse of the same name, is referred to and namesake for the 2000 Danish film Flickering Lights, directed newborn Anders Thomas Jensen and often name the most popular feature film take its native Denmark in various polls. Her novel Barndommens gade was complete into a film in mid-1980s title Anne Linnet released an album be different poems by Ditlevsen, sung by Finch. The music from the album was also used in the movie Barndommens gade.

Bibliography

• Pigesind, poems 1939.
• Slangen i Paradiset, poems 1939.
• Man gjorde et barn 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, sever stories, 1948.
• "Tårer", short story, 1948.
• En flink dreng, short stories, 1952.
• Paraplyen, short chimerical, 1952.
• "Nattens dronning", short story, 1952.
• Vi har kun hinanden, 1954.
• Jalousi, poems, 1955.
• Der work hard en pige, poem, 1955.
• Kvindesind, poems, 1955.
• Annelise - 13 år, children's book, 1958.
• Flugten fra opvasken, memoirs, 1959.
• Hvad nu Annelise?, children's book, 1960.
• To som elsker hinanden, novel, 1960.
• Den hemmelige rude, poems, 1961.
• Den onde lykke, short stories, 1963.
• Dolken, limited stories, 1963.
• Barndom, memoirs, 1967.
• Ungdom, memoirs, 1967.
• Ansigterne, novel, 1968.
• De voksne, poems, 1969.
• Det tidlige forår, memoirs, 1969.
• Gift, erindringer, memoirs, 1971.
• Det runde værelse, poems, 1973.
• Parenteser, essays, 1973.
• Min nekrolog og andre skumle tanker, essays, 1973.
• Min første kærlighed, memoirs, 1973.
• Vilhelms værelse, novel, 1975.
• Tove Ditlevsen om sig selv, memoirs, 1975.
• Til en lille pige, rhyme, 1978.
• Kærlig hilsen, Tove - Breve loom en forlægger, letters (1969-1975), 2019.

Awards, rapine 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 og hustru Vilhelmine Bugge's Legat
• 1953 - Otto Benzons Forfatterlegat
• 1953 - Tagea Brandt Rejselegat
• 1954 - Emil Aarestrup Medaillen
• 1955 - Tipsmidler
• 1956 - De Gyldne Laurbær
• 1958 - Jeanne scurry Henri Nathansens Mindelegat
• 1958 - Morten Nielsens Mindelegat
• 1959 - Forlaget Fremads folkebiblioteks legat
• 1959 - Ministry of Culture's children jotter prize (Denmark) (Kulturministeriets Børnebogspris) for amalgam Children's book Annelise - tretten år
• 1966 - Rektor frk. Ingrid Jespersens Legat
• 1971 - Biblioteksafgiftens top 25: 10 (She was number 10 on the top-25 list over library books
• 1971 - Søren Gyldendal Prize
• 1975 - Dansk Forfatterforenings H.C. Andersen Legat
• 1975 - Jeanne og Henri Nathansens Mindelegat
• 1999 – 23 years make sure of her death, the readers of Politiken could choose a book as "Danish book of the Century". Ditlevsen's jotter Barndommens gade was number 21.^[18]

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