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Cecil Bødker (27 March 1927 – 19 April 2020[1]) was a Danish writer and poet, most known for young adult fiction books about the character "Silas". For her "lasting contribution to children's literature" she received the international Hans Christian Andersen Medal for Writing in 1976.[2][3]

Cecil Bødker
Born	(1927-03-27)27 March 1927 Fredericia, Denmark
Died	19 April 2020(2020-04-19) (aged 92) Denmark
Nationality	Danish
Occupation	Young adult fiction, poetry
Known for	Silas series
Notable work	Øjet (The Eye)(1961)- as Cecil Skar,Leoparden (1970), Silas series
Awards	Hans Christian Andersen Award (1966), Danish Critics Prize for Literature (Kritikerprisen) (1961), Batchelder Award

Biography

Bødker was born in Fredericia, Denmark in 1927.

In 1955 she had her first poems published under the pseudonym Cecil Skar. In 1961 she debuted with the collection of novellas Øjet (The Eye), all treating the condition of human existence estranged from nature. The dystopian critique of civilization continued in Tilstanden Harley (The condition Harley) (1965) and Pap (Cardboard) (1967).[4]

Awards

The biennial Hans Christian Andersen Award conferred by the International Board on Books for Young People is the highest recognition available to a writer or illustrator of children's books. Bødker received the writing award in 1966.[2][3]

In Denmark she won the annual Danish Critics Prize for Literature (Kritikerprisen) in 1961[5] and won the Ministry of Culture's children book prize (Kulturministeriets Børnebogspris) in 1968 for Silas og den sorte hoppe.[6] In 1998 she won the Grand Prize of the Danish Academy for her body of work as a writer.[7]

The English-language edition of Leoparden (1970), translated by Gunnar Poulsen and published by Atheneum Press in 1976, won the annual Batchelder Award from the American Library Association as the "children's book considered to be the most outstanding of those books originally published in a foreign language in a foreign country, and subsequently translated into English and published in the United States".[8]

Works

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References

External links

• Kvinfo profile
• Encyclopedia entry

На других языках

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- [en] Cecil Bødker

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[fr] Cecil Bødker

Cecil Skaar Bødker (née le 27 mars 1927 à Fredericia et morte le 19 avril 2020[1]) est une femme de lettres danoise, connue pour son personnage Silas qui a inspiré une série télévisée pour la jeunesse, Silas. Elle est lauréate du prestigieux prix international, le Prix Hans-Christian-Andersen, catégorie Écriture, en 1976.

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[ru] Бёдкер, Сесиль

Сесиль Скор Бёдкер (дат. Cecil Skaar Bødker; 27 марта 1927 — 19 апреля 2020) — датская детская писательница.

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