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Danish author and playwright (1940–2019)
Sven Holm (13 April 1940 – 11 May 2019) was a
Danish author and playwright. Holm graduated from
Herlufsholm School 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.
[1] He was awarded the
Holberg Medal in 1991.
[2] In 2001, Holm was made a member of the
Danish Academy.
[3] That same year, he was awarded the
Danish Critics Prize for Literature for his short story collection Kanten af himlen.
[4]
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
[5]
- Schumanns Nat, 2002
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