Biography
Cecil Bødker (27 March 1927 – 19 April 2020) was a Danish writer and poet, most known for young adult fiction books about the character "Silas". For her "lasting contribution to children's literature" she received the international Hans Christian Andersen Medal for Writing in 1976. Bødker was born in Fredericia, Denmark in 1927.
In 1955 she had her first poems published under the pseudonym Cecil Skar. In 1961 she debuted with the collection of novellas Øjet (The Eye), all treating the condition of human existence estranged from nature. The dystopian critique of civilization continued in Tilstanden Harley (The condition Harley) (1965) and Pap (Cardboard) (1967).
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Known ForWriting
GenderFemale
Birthday1927-03-27
Deathday2020-04-19 (93 years old)
Birth PlaceFredericia, Denmark
FatherHans Peter Jacobsen
CitizenshipsDenmark
AwardsDanish Critics Prize for Literature, Søren Gyldendal Prize, Hans Christian Andersen Award, Zilveren Griffel, Danish Literature Prize for Women, Grand Prize of the Danish Academy, De Gyldne Laurbær
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