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Villy Sørensen
Danish author and literary critic (1929-2001) · Denmark · On the map · Writers · Died at 72
Villy Sørensen was a Danish short story writer, philosopher and literary critic of the Modernist tradition. His fiction was heavily influenced by his philosophical ideas, and he has been compared to Franz Kafka in this regard.
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2001Died16 December 20011987Poul Henningsen prizeAward1986Swedish Academy Nordic PrizeAward1983Hans Christian Andersen AwardAward1979Honorary Doctorate of the University of CopenhagenAward1977Amalienborg AwardAward1974Henrik Steffens PrizeAwardNordic Council Literature PrizeAward1973Georg Brandes AwardAwardHolberg MedalAward1965Søren Gyldendal PrizeAward1962Grand Prize of the Danish AcademyAward1959Danish Critics Prize for LiteratureAward1929Born13 January 1929
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Denmark
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Lived 1929 to 2001 · aged 72
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Henrik NordbrandtBoth received Swedish Academy Nordic PrizeHans ScherfigBoth received Grand Prize of the Danish Academy
Kim LeineBoth received Nordic Council Literature Prize
Rolf JacobsenBoth received Swedish Academy Nordic PrizePeter SeebergBoth received Grand Prize of the Danish AcademyCecil BødkerBoth received Danish Critics Prize for Literature
Kim LeineBoth received Nordic Council Literature PrizeRolf JacobsenBoth received Swedish Academy Nordic PrizePeter SeebergBoth received Grand Prize of the Danish AcademyCecil BødkerBoth received Danish Critics Prize for Literature