Pia Tafdrup
Pia Tafdrup (born 29 May 1952 in Copenhagen) is a Danish writer; primarily a poet, she has also written a novel and two plays, as well as works for radio. She made her literary debut in 1981 and has till now published 17 collections of poetry. Work has been translated into more than twenty-five languages, and her poetry collections Spring Tide (1989) and Queen's Gate (2001) have been translated into English and Romanian.
Pia Tafdrup
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- Born
- 1952. · Copenhagen.
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Denmark.
- Occupation
- poet and writer.
- Fields
- poetry.
- Education
- University of Copenhagen and Helsingør Gymnasium.
- Honours
- Drachmannlegatet, Tagea Brandt Rejselegat, Weekendavisen Book Award, Statens Kunstfonds hædersydelse, Nordic Council Literature Prize and Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog.
- Languages
- Danish.
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Pia Tafdrup (born 29 May 1952 in Copenhagen) is a Danish writer; primarily a poet, she has also written a novel and two plays, as well as works for radio. She made her literary debut in 1981 and has till now published 17 collections of poetry. Work has been translated into more than twenty-five languages, and her poetry collections Spring Tide (1989) and Queen's Gate (2001) have been translated into English and Romanian.
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Poems
Poems
When an Angel Breaks her Silence, 1981 No Hold, 1982 The Innermost Zone, 1983 Spring Tide, 1985 (Eng. 1989) White Fever, 1986 The Bridge of Moments, 1988 The Crystal Forest, 1992 Territorial Song. A Jerusalem Cycle, 1994 Queen´s Gate, 1998 (Eng. 2001) Thousand Born 1999 The Salamander Quartet: The Whales in Paris, 2002 (Eng. in Tarkovsky´s Horses 2010) Tarkovsky´s Horses, 2006 (Eng. Tarkovsky´s Horses & Other Poems 2010), Boomerang, 2008 Birds of Compass. Poems. Gyldendal, 2010 (Eng. Salamander Sun & Other Poems 2015) Salamander Sun 2012(Eng. Salamander Sun & Other Poems 2015) The Taste of Steel, 2014 The Taste of Snow, 2016
Life and career
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Life and career
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1952
Pia Tafdrup born at Copenhagen.
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Awards and honors
She was elected as a member of the Danish Academy in 1989. She was awarded the Nordic Council Literature Prize in 1999. In 2001, she was appointed a Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog. In 2005 she was awarded the Søren Gyldendal Prize.Litteraturpriser.dk In 2006, she won the Swedish Academy Nordic Prize, known as the 'little Nobel', in 2009, Tafdrup received the Ján Smrek Prize in Bratislava (Slovakia).
Pia Tafdrup, a Danish writer and poet.
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50 år med Nordiska rådets litteraturpris, seminarium på Bokmässan 2011. Medverkande Pia Tafdrup, Sofi Oksanen, Einar Már Gudmundsson, PO Enquist, Tua Forsström, Anna Hallberg, Eva Ström, Klaus Rifbjerg. Moderator Per Svensso
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