Ulrikka S. Gernes

[HVIS JEG SIGER]

Language: danish

Translations: english ([IF I SAY] ), german ([WENN ICH SAGE])

[HVIS JEG SIGER]

HVIS JEG SIGER at hvide heste
hvide kister, hvide lagener slår i vinden
at du går rundt derinde
i det rum jeg skimter
gennem døre som springer op og op
jo længere ind jeg kommer
hvis jeg siger at hvide sider
kridhvide sider og flere hvide sider
slår flænger i luften og jeg sidder inde
med alt det blod der skal til
for at skrive et liv
og jeg har ingen hænder

Ulrikka S. Gernes

* 06.06.1965, Ängelholm, Sweden
lives in: Copenhagen, Denmark

Ulrikka S. Gernes was born in Sweden in 1965 by Danish parents. At the age of eighteen, Moth, her first collection of poetry was published. It received a tremendously positive response from the press in Denmark. Since then she has published nine full-length collections of poetry, two books for children, several songs as well as frequent literary and journalistic contributions to anthologies, magazines, newspapers and Danish Radio.

During the 1990’s numerous travel grants made her many journeys and extensive sojourns throughout Asia possible. For a number of years she lived in Hong Kong before returning to Denmark in 1998.

Among the many stipends and awards she received was the prestigious three-year stipend from the Danish Arts Agency in 2003.

Ulrikka S. Gernes has been invited by many interntional literature festivals, especially in Canada. Her poetry is translated into English, German, Aarabic, Serbian and many other languages. She lives in Copenhagen.

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