There Lives a Young Girl in Me Who Will Not Die by Tove Ditlevsen... 9780241637364

A new selection of poetry from the generationdefining author of The Copenhagen Trilogy translated for the first time into EnglishWhile Tove Ditlevsen is now famous around the world as an extraordinary prose writer in Denmark she has also long been celebrated as a poet She published her first collection in her early twenties and continued writing and publishing poetry until the end of her life This new selection offers English readers a chance to explore her brilliant surprising verse across nearly four decades of writingIn this playful mournful witty collection little girls stand tiptoe inside adult bodies achievements in literature and lethargy are unflinchingly listed and lovers come and go like the seasons Gorgeously translated by Jennifer Russell and Sophia Hersi Smith with an introduction by Olga Ravn There Lives a Young Girl in Me Who Will Not Die cements Ditlevsen as one of the twentieth centurys most creative writers