Søren Ulrik Thomsen’s seven poetry collections and three volumes of essays, written over a thirty-year period, have secured his place as one of Denmark’s strongest living writers. His most recent book of poems, Shaken Mirror (Rystet Spejl), was published to critical acclaim in 2011. Thomsen has won numerous literary awards and was inducted into the Danish Literary Academy in 1995. (updated 4/2013)