Adda Djørup (1972). Born and raised in Denmark. Has lived in Madrid and Florence for a number of years. Has written poetry, prose and drama. Has been awarded The European Union Prize for Literature and The Danish National Arts Foundation Award for new publications among others.
Books:
Poetry and Other Forms of Spite
short stories, Samleren 2015 (will be released february 27th)
37 postcards
poems, Samleren 2011
The Least Resistance
novel, Samleren 2009
If One Were To Ask Oneself
short stories, Samleren 2007
Monsieur's Monologues
poems, Samleren 2005
Drama:
Korus' Kabaret
libretto, 2010
Other:
Eksil
in Kort fortalt, Danske noveller 2000-2010, Tiderne skifter, 2011
Excerpts of Monsieur's Monologues and If One Were To Ask Oneself
in Hungarian Lettre Internationale, 2010
Special Edition, Danish Contemporary Fiction
The Nth day of the Nth month
in New European Poets, Graywolf Press
Translation by Roger Greenwald
The Same Old Rain
in AGNI # 65, published at Boston University
Translation by Roger Greenwald
Fejltagelser og Fejltalelser, digte og kortprosa,
in Apparatur # 11
Secondary literatur:
Lillian Munk Rösing:
Mellemzonens rummelige hvirvler
Adda Djørup: Hvis man begyndte at spørge sig selv
Kritik. - Årg. 40, nr. 186 (2007). - S. 41-44
Jacob Bøggild:
Så yndigt som en kerubs røv
Om aforismens, anakroniens og plottets spøgelser i en novelle af Adda Djørup
in Spring 2009
Karina Søby Madsen
Adda Djørup.
www.forfatterweb.dk
Awards:
European Union Prize for Literature for the novel The Least Resistance 2010
The Danish National Arts Foundation Award for new publications 2007. www.kunst.dk
Forlagsgruppen Rosinante og Co, hæderslegat, 2007
Otto Rungs Forfatterlegat