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A new selection of poetry from the generation-defining author of The Copenhagen Trilogy, translated for the first time into English
While Tove Ditlevsen is now famous around the world as an extraordinary prose writer, in Denmark she has also long been celebrated as a poet. She published her first collection in her early twenties, and continued writing and publishing poetry until the end of her life. This new selection offers English readers a chance to explore her brilliant, surprising verse across nearly four decades of writing.
In this playful, mournful, witty collection, little girls stand tip-toe inside adult bodies, achievements in literature and lethargy are unflinchingly listed, and lovers come and go like the seasons. Gorgeously translated by Jennifer Russell and Sophia Hersi Smith, with an introduction by Olga Ravn, There Lives a Young Girl in Me Who Will Not Die cements Ditlevsen as one of the twentieth century's most creative writers.
Editions of There Lives a Young Girl in Me Who Will Not Die
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780241637364
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780241637371
- EBook
- ISBN 9781802062786
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A new selection of poetry from the generation-defining author of The Copenhagen Trilogy, translated for the first time into English
While Tove Ditlevsen is now famous around the world as an extraordinary prose writer, in Denmark she has also long been celebrated as a poet. She published her first collection in her early twenties, and continued writing and publishing poetry until the end of her life. This new selection offers English readers a chance to explore her brilliant, surprising verse across nearly four decades of writing.
In this playful, mournful, witty collection, little girls stand tip-toe inside adult bodies, achievements in literature and lethargy are unflinchingly listed, and lovers come and go like the seasons. Gorgeously translated by Jennifer Russell and Sophia Hersi Smith, with an introduction by Olga Ravn, There Lives a Young Girl in Me Who Will Not Die cements Ditlevsen as one of the twentieth century's most creative writers.
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A new selection of poetry from the generation-defining author of The Copenhagen Trilogy, translated for the first time into English
While Tove Ditlevsen is now famous around the world as an extraordinary prose writer, in Denmark she has also long been celebrated as a poet. She published her first collection in her early twenties, and continued writing and publishing poetry until the end of her life. This new selection offers English readers a chance to explore her brilliant, surprising verse across nearly four decades of writing.
In this playful, mournful, witty collection, little girls stand tip-toe inside adult bodies, achievements in literature and lethargy are unflinchingly listed, and lovers come and go like the seasons. Gorgeously translated by Jennifer Russell and Sophia Hersi Smith, with an introduction by Olga Ravn, There Lives a Young Girl in Me Who Will Not Die cements Ditlevsen as one of the twentieth century's most creative writers.
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Biography, Literature and Literary studies > Poetry / Poems > Modern and contemporary poetry / poems
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Who is/are the Author/s of the book There Lives a Young Girl in Me Who Will Not Die?
Olga Ravn, Tove Ditlevsen
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Penguin Books Ltd
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There Lives a Young Girl in Me Who Will Not Die is available as paperback(ISBN 9780241637364) and paperback(ISBN 9780241637371) and ebook(ISBN 9781802062786)
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