Biography about Marianne Larsen

Marianne Larsen was born 1.27.1951 in Kalundborg. After taking her General Certificate she studied comparative literary history and Chinese for a few years at the University of Copenhagen, and has translated modern Chinese poetry to Danish. At age 20 she made her literary debut with the volume of poems Koncentrationer, which established her as a poet who experiments with language. Marianne Larsen has traveled widely in the North and the rest of Europe, and she has taken part in writers’ congresses in Albania and India.

Literary prizes:
1989 - The Danish Art Foundations Lifetime Grant


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