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Ursula Andkjaer Olsen
Ursula Andkjær Olsen (b. 1970) was born and raised in Copenhagen. She has a degree in musicology and philosophy from the University of Copenhagen and Technische Universität Berlin. Olsen made her literary debut in 2000 and has since published nine collections of poetry in addition to several dramatic texts and libretti for operas. Olsen has received numerous grants and prizes for her work, including the Danish Arts Foundation’s Award of Distinction in 2017. She is a member of the Danish Academy. Third-Millennium Heart, her first collection in English, appeared in the US in 2017, and the second, Outgoing Vessel, appeared on Action Books this year. Since August 2019 Olsen is head of the Danish Academy for Creative Writing in Copenhagen.

Ursula Andkjær Olsen (b. 1970) was born and raised in Copenhagen. She has a degree in musicology and philosophy from the University of Copenhagen and Technische Universität Berlin. Olsen made her literary debut in 2000 and has since published nine collections of poetry in addition to several dramatic texts and libretti for operas. Olsen has received numerous grants and prizes for her work, including the Danish Arts Foundation’s Award of Distinction in 2017. She is a member of the Danish Academy. Third-Millennium Heart, her first collection in English, appeared in the US in 2017, and the second, Outgoing Vessel, appeared on Action Books this year. Since August 2019 Olsen is head of the Danish Academy for Creative Writing in Copenhagen.

Ursula Andkjær Olsen (geb. 1970) ist in Kopenhagen geboren und aufgewachsen. Sie hat einen Abschluss in Musikwissenschaft und Philosophie an der Universität Kopenhagen und der Technischen Universität Berlin. Olsen gab ihr literarisches Debüt im Jahr 2000 und hat seitdem neun Gedichtbände sowie mehrere dramatische Texte und Libretti für Opern veröffentlicht. Olsen hat zahlreiche Stipendien und Preise für ihre Arbeit erhalten, darunter 2017 den Preis der Dänischen Kunststiftung für herausragende Leistungen. Sie ist Mitglied der Dänischen Akademie. Third-Millennium Heart, ihre erste Sammlung in englischer Sprache, erschien 2017 in den USA, und die zweite, Outgoing Vessel, erschien dieses Jahr bei Action Books. Seit August 2019 ist Olsen Leiterin der Dänischen Akademie für Kreatives Schreiben in Kopenhagen.

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