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Cecil Bødker (1927–2020)

Author of Silas and the Black Mare

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Works by Cecil Bødker

Silas and the Black Mare (1972) 42 copies
The Leopard (1972) 31 copies
Mary of Nazareth (1989) 30 copies
Silas and Ben-Godik (1974) 26 copies
Silas and the Runaway Coach (1972) 18 copies
Øjet (1976) 15 copies
Siffrine (2003) 13 copies
Salthandlerskens hus (1972) 10 copies
Silas möter sin arvfiende (1978) 10 copies
Silas och hittebarnet (1977) 9 copies
Stories About Tacit (1971) 8 copies
Silas och våldgästen (1979) 7 copies
Dimma Gole (1971) 6 copies
Marias barn (1985) 6 copies
Hungerbarnet (1990) 5 copies
Marias barn / Manden (1986) 5 copies
Silas i bergsbyn (1985) 5 copies
Samlede digte 4 copies
Tilstanden Harley (2017) 4 copies
Silas och vargarna (1990) 3 copies
Latter 3 copies
Barnet i sivkurven (1976) 3 copies
Luseblomster : digte (1979) 3 copies
Jerutte fra Ræverød (1993) 2 copies
Ægget der voksede (1988) 2 copies
Et udvalg (1977) 2 copies
Evas ekko (1980) 2 copies
Silas og flodrøverne (1998) 2 copies
Pap 2 copies
Vandgarden: Roman (1989) 2 copies
Das Mädchen aus dem Meer (1995) 2 copies
Silas 1 (2005) 1 copy
Tavs (1989) 1 copy
Dovens dor 1 copy
Syv år for Rakel (1982) 1 copy
Fru Hilde (1995) 1 copy
Anadyomene : digte (1986) 1 copy
Malvina 1 copy

Associated Works

The Penguin Book of Women Poets (1978) — Contributor — 297 copies
Jylland skildret af danske forfattere — Author, some editions — 3 copies
Novelletter (1987) — Author, some editions — 2 copies

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Birthdate
1927-03-27
Date of death
2020-04-19
Gender
female
Nationality
Denmark (birth)
Birthplace
Fredericia, Denmark
Places of residence
Copenhagen, Denmark
Occupations
poet
young adult writer
children's book author
novelist
short story writer
travel writer (show all 8)
silversmith
memoirist
Awards and honors
Hans Christian Andersen Award (Writing, 1976)
Short biography
Cecil Bødker was born in Fredericia, Denmark, the daughter of a silversmith. She trained as a silversmith herself, and worked for a while in the Georg Jensen workshop, but left the profession to focus on her writing. Her first collection of poems, Luseblomster, was published in 1955 under the name Cecil Skaar. She established her reputation as a prose writer in 1961, with a collection of short stories, Øjet (The Eye); several of these stories became classics read in Danish schools. In 1967, she published her first book for young adults. Her series of books about a character called Silas are her most popular and have been adapted into films. Her 1972 travel book Salthandlerskens hus was written after a lengthy stay in Ethiopia, which also led to her adoption of two daughters. Her novels Evas Ekko (1980) and Tænk på Jolande (1981) placed her writing at the center of modern women’s literature. She was the recipient of the 1966 Hans Christian Andersen Award from the International Board on Books for Young People. She also received the 1961 Danish Critics Prize for Literature and the Danish Ministry of Culture's children's book prize in 1968. In 1953, she married Arne Bødker, with whom she had two biological and two adopted children. After they divorced, she remarried to Hans Nissen Eskelund Wieden. In 1997, she published a memoir entitled Farmors øre. She was awarded the Grand Prize of the Danish Academy in 1998 for her body of work.

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An interesting story about how the potato changed Danish agriculture forever. Read this almost 30 years ago, and I still remember bits and pieces, really made an impression on me. RIP Cecil Bødker.
 
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