Tove Ditlevsen

(1917–1976) Poet Kingdom of Denmark

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Tove Ditlevsen was a poet from the Kingdom of Denmark, best known for Ansigterne.

Quick Facts About Tove Ditlevsen

Born: December 14, 1917
Died: March 7, 1976
Nationality: Kingdom of Denmark
Profession: Poet
Notable works: Ansigterne
Spouse: Victor Andreasen

About Tove Ditlevsen

Tove Irma Margit Ditlevsen was a Danish poet and author. With published works in a variety of genres, she was one of Denmark's best-known authors by the time of her death.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Søren Gyldendal Prize De Gyldne Laurbær Tagea Brandt Rejselegat

Quotes by Tove Ditlevsen

Childhood is long and narrow like a coffin, and you can't get out of it on your own.

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Childhood

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I fear / the place I have / in the memory of others. / They remind me of things / I myself have forgot.

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Fear

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my childhood grew thin and flat, paperlike. It was tired and threadbare, and in low moments it didn't look like it would…

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Childhood

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my poems covered the bare places in my childhood like the fine, new skin under a scab that hasn't yet fallen off…

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Childhood

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Memory, that library of the soul from which I will draw knowledge and experience for the rest of my life.

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Draws

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[On her mother:] My relationship with her is close, painful, and skaky, and I always have to keep searching for a sign…

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Exhausting

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Down in the bottom of my childhood my father stands laughing.

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Bottom

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