In this edition of Danish Literary Magazine, we present some of the best
of new Danish writing and literary publications.
Pia Juul has published a new poetry collection, Forbi (Past), about what’s now past but still, like the hot summer just gone, singing in the body. We have a poem
from the collection and an interview with her about being translated and engaging with her foreign audience.
Two new film adaptations of Danish literary classics have renewed interest in these works: Bille August’s film of Henrik Pontoppidan’s masterpiece Lykke-Per
(A Fortunate Man, 1898-1904), which had its Danish premiere in late August, and Per Fly’s planned film of the final three volumes of Martin Andersen Nexø’s Pelle
Erobreren (Pelle the Conqueror, 1906-10), which comes 30 years after Bille August’s Oscar winning 1988 movie that covered the first volume of the novel.
