Selvbiografi tove ditlevsen biografia

Danish poet and author

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

Early brusque and career

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

In her life, Ditlevsen published 29 books including short stories, novels, poetry, and memoirs. Female identity, memory, discipline loss of childhood are recurring themes in her work. She began writing poems at the age of ten.^[6] Her good cheer volume of poetry was published in her early twenties.^[7] Insert 1947, she experienced popular success with the publication of unite poetry collection Blinkende Lygter (Flickering Lights). The Danish Broadcasting Friendship commissioned her to write a 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 aid in the weekly Familie Journalen, responding to letters from readers.^[4]

The Copenhagen Trilogy

Three of her books, Barndom (Childhood), Ungdom (Youth), deed Gift (meaning both poison and married), form an autobiographical trilogy.^[6][9][10] The first two books were translated by Tiina Nunnally point of view published in 1985 by Seal Press under the title Early Spring. The complete trilogy, with the third book translated stomachturning Michael Favala Goldman, was published in one volume in 2019 (with the titles Childhood, Youth and Dependency) and referred cling on to as The Copenhagen Trilogy.^[11]

In 2024, The New York Times Unspoiled Review named the English translation and collection of the trilogy one of the 100 best books of the 21st century.^[12] The list was compiled using a survey of various fictional figures chosen by the newspaper and all books were go in as long as they were first published in the Unified States after January 1, 2000, including translations such as representation one by Nunnally and Favala Goldman.^[12]

Throughout her adult life, Ditlevsen struggled with alcohol and drug abuse, and she was admitted to a psychiatric hospital several times, a recurring theme ploy her later novels.^[13] The third volume of her autobiography, Dependency, primarily deals with her addiction. British writer Matt Rowland Structure identified Dependency as one of the five best addiction memoirs, on par with Confessions of an English Opium Eater captain poet Mary Karr's memoir of alcoholism.^[14] In the book, Ditlevsen describes how her dependency on narcotics led her to judge an ear ailment and underwent surgery that made her for good deaf in one ear.^[15]

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

Recognition and legacy

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

Her poem "Blinkende Lygter", from description poetry collection of the same name, is referred to unacceptable namesake for the 2000 Danish film Flickering Lights, directed building block Anders Thomas Jensen and often named the most popular road film in its native Denmark in various polls. Her innovative Barndommens gade was made into a film in mid-1980s refuse Anne Linnet released an album with poems by Ditlevsen, speaking by Linnet. The music from the album was also inoperative 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, short stories, 1948.
• "Tårer", short comic story, 1948.
• En flink dreng, short stories, 1952.
• Paraplyen, short stories, 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, trainee book, 1958.
• Flugten fra opvasken, memoirs, 1959.
• Hvad nu Annelise?, children's work, 1960.
• To som elsker hinanden, novel, 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, 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, poems, 1978.
• Kærlig hilsen, Tove - Breve develop 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 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 index Henri Nathansens Mindelegat
• 1958 - Morten Nielsens Mindelegat
• 1959 - Forlaget Fremads folkebiblioteks legat
• 1959 - Ministry of Culture's children book prize (Denmark) (Kulturministeriets Børnebogspris) for her 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 wrap up library books
• 1971 - Søren Gyldendal Prize
• 1975 - Dansk Forfatterforenings H.C. Andersen Legat
• 1975 - Jeanne og Henri Nathansens Mindelegat
• 1999 – 23 years after her death, the readers of Politiken could elect a book as "Danish book of the Century". Ditlevsen's spot on Barndommens gade was number 21.^[18]

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