Knudstrup School, Løve
29 May 1985


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‘My habit of being a dreamer is filled with the joy of melancholy.’
Knudstrup School, Løve
29 May 1985
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Suzanne Brøgger is the author of more than twenty works of fiction, essays and memoir, including the autobiographical trilogy of liberation, experimentation and identity, Crème Fraiche, Yes and Transparence. She has been a member of the Danish Academy since 1997.
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