Now having some reviews on Amazon, I wanted to share these (thinking that there might also be some people with time on their hands to learn a bit of Danish): A couple of the customer reviews really capture what we were trying to accomplish with the book: “Brilliant book for learning the grammar in depth… Continue reading Danish Tutor: Grammar and Vocabulary Workbook
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BBC: Art of Scandinavia
So, if you watch BBC’s Art of Scandinavia, you get the impression that there were and are no noteworthy female artists (one Danish female artist is mentioned and that is in a somewhat negative light as part of the rampant nationalism of the mid 19th century). [I have not seen the Swedish episode yet, but the… Continue reading BBC: Art of Scandinavia
Translations of Danish Poet Marianne Koluda Hansen
A little while ago, I was in contact with poet and translator Michael Goldman, who has translated two collections of poems by Marianne Koluda Hansen. To be honest, I had never heard about Marianne, and this made me regret that there will be no Danish Review this year (the project is not dead, merely in… Continue reading Translations of Danish Poet Marianne Koluda Hansen