Sven Holm


Sven Holm was a Danish author and playwright. Holm graduated from Herlufsholm School in 1958. His first short story collection, Den store fjende, was published in 1961. In 1974, Holm was awarded the Grand [Prize of the Danish Academy]. He was awarded the Holberg Medal in 1991. In 2001, Holm was made a member of the Danish Academy. That same year, he was awarded the Danish Critics Prize for Literature for his short story collection Kanten af himlen.

Selected works

Prose

  • Den store fjende, short story collection, 1961
  • Nedstyrtningen, short story collection, 1963
  • Termush, Atlanterhavskysten, novel, 1967
  • Kanten af himlen, short story collection, 2001

    Drama

  • Syg og munter
  • Den anden side af Krista X
  • Hr. Henrys begravelse og andre fortællinger
  • Struensee var her, 1977
  • Schumanns Nat, 2002