Pia Tafdrup (born 29 May 1952 in Copenhagen) is a Danish writer; primarily a poet, she has also written a novel and two plays, as well as works for radio. She made her literary debut in 1981 and has till now published 17 collections of poetry. Pia Tafdrup's work has been translated into more than twenty-five languages, and her poetry collections ''Spring Tide'' (1989) and '' Queen's Gate'' (2001) have been translated into English and Romanian.

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Poems

*When an Angel Breaks her Silence, 1981 *No Hold, 1982 *The Innermost Zone, 1983 *Spring Tide, 1985 (Eng. 1989) *White Fever, 1986 *The Bridge of Moments, 1988 *The Crystal Forest, 1992 *Territorial Song. A Jerusalem Cycle, 1994 *Queen´s Gate, 1998 (Eng. 2001) *Thousand Born 1999 *The Salamander Quartet: The Whales in Paris, 2002 (Eng. in Tarkovsky´s Horses 2010) *Tarkovsky´s Horses, 2006 (Eng. Tarkovsky´s Horses & Other Poems 2010), Boomerang, 2008 *Birds of Compass. Poems. Gyldendal, 2010 (Eng. Salamander Sun & Other Poems 2015) *Salamander Sun 2012(Eng. Salamander Sun & Other Poems 2015) *The Taste of Steel, 2014 *The Taste of Snow, 2016

Awards and honors

She was elected as a member of the Danish Academy in 1989. She was awarded the

Nordic Council Literature Prize The Nordic Council Literature Prize is awarded for a work of literature written in one of the languages of the Nordic countries, that meets "high literary and artistic standards". Established in 1962, the prize is awarded every year, and is worth ...

in 1999. In 2001, she was appointed a Knight of the

Order of the Dannebrog The Order of the Dannebrog ( da, Dannebrogordenen) is a Danish order of chivalry instituted in 1671 by Christian V. Until 1808, membership in the order was limited to fifty members of noble or royal rank, who formed a single class known a ...

. In 2005 she was awarded the Søren Gyldendal Prizebr>Litteraturpriser.dk
In 2006, she won the

Swedish Academy Nordic Prize The Nordic Prize (''Swedish'': nordiska pris) is a literary award presented annually by the Swedish Academy. The recipient is someone from the Nordic countries who has done significant work in any of the Academy's areas of operations or interests. ...

, known as the 'little Nobel', in 2009, Tafdrup received the Ján Smrek Prize in Bratislava (Slovakia).

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Poems

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