{"product_id":"there-lives-a-young-girl-in-me-who-will-not-die-paperback-by-tove-ditlevsen","title":"There Lives a Young Girl in Me Who Will Not Die Paperback by Tove Ditlevsen","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                \n                    \n                        \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                        \u003cul\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003ePenguin Classic\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2026-06-30)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e192\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9780241637364\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e141.75\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e18.01 x 11.13 x 1.6\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA new selection of poetry from the generation-defining author of \u003ci\u003eThe Copenhagen Trilogy\u003c\/i\u003e, translated for the first time into English\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhile Tove Ditlevsen is now famous around the world as an extraordinary prose writer, in Denmark she has also long been celebrated as a poet. She published her first collection in her early twenties, and continued writing and publishing poetry until the end of her life. This new selection offers English readers a chance to explore her brilliant, surprising verse across nearly four decades of writing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this playful, mournful, witty collection, little girls stand tip-toe inside adult bodies, achievements in literature and lethargy are unflinchingly listed, and lovers come and go like the seasons. Gorgeously translated by Jennifer Russell and Sophia Hersi Smith, with an introduction by Olga Ravn, \u003ci\u003eThere Lives a Young Girl in Me Who Will Not Die\u003c\/i\u003e cements Ditlevsen as one of the twentieth century's most creative writers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTove Ditlevsen\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1917 in a working-class neighbourhood in Copenhagen. Her first volume of poetry was published when she was in her early twenties, and was followed by many more books, including the novels \u003ci\u003eThe Faces\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eVilhelm's Room\u003c\/i\u003e and her autobiographical masterpiece, \u003ci\u003eChildhood \u003c\/i\u003e(1967), \u003ci\u003eYouth \u003c\/i\u003e(1967) and \u003ci\u003eDependency \u003c\/i\u003e(1971). She married four times and died by suicide in 1976.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSophia Hersi Smith is a translator living in Copenhagen. Together with   Jennifer Russell, she has translated fiction and poetry by Danish writers such as Olga Ravn, Tove Ditlevsen and Solvej Balle.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJennifer Russell is a translator living in Copenhagen. Together with Sophia Hersi Smith, she has translated fiction and poetry by Danish writers such as Olga Ravn, Tove Ditlevsen and Solvej Balle.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOlga Ravn\u003c\/b\u003e is one of Denmark’s most celebrated contemporary authors. Her novel \u003ci\u003eThe Employees \u003c\/i\u003ewas shortlisted for the International Booker Prize 2021, the Ursula K.Le Guin Prize and longlisted for the National Book Awards and the Dublin Literary Award. Her novel \u003ci\u003eMy Work\u003c\/i\u003e won the Politikens Literature Prize in 2021 and led to changes in the country’s maternity rights. 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