Suzanne Preis Brøgger Zeruneith (born 18 November 1944 in Copenhagen) is a Danish writer, a novelist, poet and journalist. Her first book Fri os fra kærligheden has been translated into c. 20 languages.Denstoredanske.dk Suzanne Brøgger Since 1997 she has been a member of the Danish Academy.Danskeakademi.dk Suzanne Brøgger (1997)
Early life Brøgger grew up in Denmark until she was fourteen. She later moved abroad with her mother and her stepfather Svend Brøgger, who worked for UNICEF and was stationed in Colombo, Sri Lanka and later in Bangkok, Thailand. Suzanne Brøgger returned to Denmark to attend high school a couple of years later. She finished at the Silkeborg Gymnasium (a secondary school) in 1964, and she then studied Russian and French at the University of Copenhagen. She did not graduate, but later said that her university days inspired her to constantly extend her horizons in life-long study.
After secondary school While studying she also worked as a model and with films and theatre. Through articles in Danish newspapers in the form of interviews, travel descriptions and war articles, she got in touch with a publishing house, which offered her to publish her first book. Her first book was the essay collection Fri os fra kærligheden (Deliver Us from Love), which was published in 1973, it is critical against the western way of life. Her break through in Danish literature was Creme Fraiche, which was published in 1978. This book is the first of a trilogy of autobiographical books and describes her childhood and youth years in Denmark and in the South Asia/Southeast Asia (Sri Lanka and Thailand). In 1997 she published one of her main works the family saga Jadekatten (The Jade Cat: A Family Saga, 1997) where she writes about the same autobiographical themes as in the trilogy, which started with Creme Fraiche in 1973, but here she also writes about her Jewish familyJWA.org BROGGER, SUZANNE who immigrated from Poland to Denmark. Besides from being a portrayal of the loss of a family, it is also a showdown with her mother.Denstoredanske.dk
Family She is the daughter of Ove Preis (1920–69) and Lilian Henius (1921–93), stepdaughter of Svend Brøgger. She is married to Keld Zeruneith, they have one child together.
Bibliography 1973 – Fri os fra kærligheden 1975 – Kærlighedens veje & vildveje 1978 – Creme fraiche 1979 – En gris som har været oppe at slås kan man ikke stege 1980 – Brøg, essays og journalistik fra 1960'erne 1981 – Tone 1984 – JA 1986 – Den pebrede susen 1988 – Livsformer – essay "Om at kysse hesten" 1988 – Edvard og Elvira 1990 – Min verden i en nøddeskal 1991 – Efter Orgiet 1993 – Paradisets Mave 1993 – Transparence 1994 – Vølvens spådom (poems, retelling of the Old Norse Völuspá) 1995 – Løvespor 1997 – Jadekatten (novel) 1998 – Et frit og muntert lig 1999 – Lotusøje (poems) 2000 – Sejd 2001 – Linda Evangelista Olsen 2006 – Sølve 2008 – Sløret (poems) 2010 – Jeg har set den gamle verden forsvinde – hvor er mine ørenringe? 2016 – En sommer med Emmanuelle Arsan (Un été avec Emmanuelle Arsan) bilingual postface (french/dansk) of La Philosophie Nue by Emmanuelle Arsan.
Awards and prizes Some of the many awards and prizes which Suzanne Brøgger has received: 1975: PH-prisen 1980: Weekendavisens Litteraturpris 1982: De Gyldne Laurbær 1985: Tagea Brandts Rejselegat 1985: Lifelong grant from Statens Kunstfond 1996: Dansk Kvindesamfunds Mathildepris 1999: Søren Gyldendal Prize 2001: Jeanne og Henri Nathansens Mindelegat 2002: Adam Oehlenschläger Legatet 2005: Rungstedlund Award
References
Literature Louise Zeuthen. Krukke. En biografi om Suzanne BrøggerFrihet og avmakt: Jeg er brennemerket, sier Suzanne Brøgger. For første gang snakker hun ut om biografien. Bye, bye, Brøgger
External links
Suzanne Brøgger's official website and calendar Suzanne Brøgger on Litteratursiden.dk Suzanne Brøgger på Kvinfo.dk (Danish Women's Encyclopedia) Suzanne Brøgger on Bibliografi.dk One Long Letter to the World. A video interview with Suzanne Brøgger Video by Louisiana Channel Interview with Suzanne Brøgger about her university years in the 1960's Interview (in Danish) on Uniavisen.dk