Tage Skou-Hansen (12 February 1925 – 11 November 2015) was a Danish writer, editor and scholar.

Overview

Born in the town of

Fredericia Fredericia () is a town located in Fredericia Municipality in the southeastern part of the Jutland peninsula in Denmark. The city is part of the Triangle Region Denmark, Triangle Region, which includes the neighbouring cities of Kolding and Vej ...

, Tage Skou-Hansen graduated from Marselisborg Gymnasium in

Aarhus Aarhus (, , ; officially spelled Århus from 1948 until 1 January 2011) is the second-largest city in Denmark and the seat of Aarhus municipality, Aarhus Municipality. It is located on the eastern shore of Jutland in the Kattegat sea and app ...

and became a student of

history of literature The history of literature is the historical development of writings in prose or poetry that attempt to provide entertainment or education to the reader, as well as the development of the literary techniques used in the communication of these pie ...

Aarhus University Aarhus University (, abbreviated AU) is a public research university. Its main campus is located in Aarhus, Denmark. It is the second largest and second oldest university in Denmark. The university is part of the Coimbra Group, the Guild, and Ut ...

. As a student, he worked as an editor of two literary magazines, one of which was ''

Heretica ''Heretica'' was a conservative cultural and literary magazine published in Copenhagen, Denmark, from 1948 to 1953. History and profile ''Heretica'' was established in 1948. One of the founders was Thorkild Bjørnvig. It was largely inspired by ...

'', before the publication of his first novel, ''De Nøgne Træer'' (The Bare Trees), in 1957. After receiving his degree, Tage taught literature at

Askov Højskole Askov Højskole is a Danish folk high school, that is located in the village of Askov, Denmark, Askov in southern Jutland between Kolding and Esbjerg. It was founded in 1865 as an extension of Denmark's first folk high school, which had been est ...

for nine years, before concentrating on writing from 1967. Apart from his novels, Tage Skou-Hansen's works also includes two plays and a realized film manuscript. He has received many prizes and scholarships throughout his career. ''De nøgne træer'' has been translated into English as ''The Naked Trees'' and led to a film with the same title in 1991. The story is set in the milieu of the resistance movement, during the

German occupation of Denmark At the outset of World War II in September 1939, Denmark declared itself neutral, but that neutrality did not prevent Nazi Germany from occupying the country soon after the outbreak of war; the occupation lasted until Germany's defeat. The ...

.The Naked Trees
Danish Film Institute

References

1925 births 2015 deaths People from Fredericia Danish male screenwriters Recipients of the Grand Prize of the Danish Academy Danish male novelists 20th-century Danish novelists 20th-century Danish male writers {{Denmark-writer-stub