Tove Ditlevsen

Tove Ditlevsen
Born(1917-12-14)14 December 1917
Copenhagen
Died7 March 1976(1976-03-07) (aged 58)
Resting placeVestre Cemetery (Copenhagen)
OccupationPoet, memoirist
NationalityDanish
GenrePoetry, Short Stories, Novels, Memoirs, Essays

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

  1. ^ Denstoredanske.dk Tove Ditlevsen - The Grand Danish Encyclopedia (in Danish)
  2. ^ Eberstadt, Fernanda (19 April 2022). "In Tove Ditlevsen's World, Happy Families Don't Stand a Chance" – via NYTimes.com.
  3. ^ "Tove Ditlevsen's Art of Estrangement". The New Yorker. 3 February 2021.
  4. ^ Petersen, Antje C. (1992). "Tove Ditlevsen and the Aesthetics of Madness". Scandinavian Studies. 64 (2): 243–262. ISSN 0036-5637. JSTOR 40919418.