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Translated from the Danish by Thom Satterlee
Published: Mon Oct 15 2018
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Per Aage Brandt has published over thirty books of poetry, and several more in semiotics, linguistics, and culture. His many awards include the Emil Aarestrup Medal, the French Academy’s Grand Prix de Philosophie, and the Order of the Dannebrog. (updated 10/2018)

Thom Satterlee translated, from the Danish, The Hangman’s Lament: Poems of Henrik Nordbrandt (Green Integer, 2003) and two collections of the poet Per Aage Brandt: These Hands (HOST, 2011) and If I Were a Suicide Bomber & Other Verses (Open Letter, 2017). His individual translations have appeared in Seneca Review, Prairie Schooner, AGNIThe Literary Review, and elsewhere. (updated 10/2018)

 

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