Biography about Helle Helle

In 2005, Helle Helle (born in 1965) published her third novel, Rødby-Puttgarden. The first edition was sold out in 2 weeks and, like the rest of her writings, the book has received very good re-views. The title refers to the ferry route between Denmark and Germany, where the novel’s two protagonists, sisters named Jane and Tine, work in a fragrance boutique. As is often the case in Helle Helle’s books, not much happens in Rødby-Puttgarden, but the subtle description of small, everyday occurrences, registering the drama lurking beneath the surface, is razor-sharp. Helle Helle does not write what people would ordinarily call page-turners, but that is the way people read them.

Helle Helle went to the Danish Writers’ School in Copenhagen from 1989-91 and debuted in 1993 with a collection of short prose Eksempel på liv.

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