Biography about Svend Åge Madsen

Svend Åge Madsen is born in Århus 1939. He studied mathematics at Århus University after taking grammar school leaving examination in 1958. First publication 1963 with the novel Besøget. Since then he have lived as an author.

Literary prizes:
1972 - The Danish Academy Major Prize for Literature
1976 - The Critics' Prize
2000 - The Danish Booksellers' Golden Laurels
- The Danish Art Foundations Lifetime Grant


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