Pia Tafdrup (born 29 May 1952 in Copenhagen) is a Danish writer; primarily a poet, she has also written a novel and two plays, as well as works for radio. She made her literary debut in 1981 and has till now published 17 collections of poetry.
Pia Tafdrup's work has been translated into more than twenty-five languages, and her poetry collections Spring Tide (1989) and Queen's Gate (2001) have been translated into English and Romanian.
Bibliography
Poems
When an Angel Breaks her Silence, 1981
No Hold, 1982
The Innermost Zone, 1983
Spring Tide, 1985 (Eng. 1989)
White Fever, 1986
The Bridge of Moments, 1988
The Crystal Forest, 1992
Territorial Song. A Jerusalem Cycle, 1994
Queen´s Gate, 1998 (Eng. 2001)
Thousand Born 1999
The Salamander Quartet: The Whales in Paris, 2002 (Eng. in Tarkovsky´s Horses 2010)
Tarkovsky´s Horses, 2006 (Eng. Tarkovsky´s Horses & Other Poems 2010), Boomerang, 2008
Birds of Compass. Poems. Gyldendal, 2010 (Eng. Salamander Sun & Other Poems 2015)
Salamander Sun 2012(Eng. Salamander Sun & Other Poems 2015)
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