World Literary Awards

← Back to Home

Cecil Bødker

セシル・ボードケル

Sejiru Bødker

Pen Names: Cecil SkarPseudonym used for first poems in 1955

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1927-03-27 (Fredericia)
Died
2020-04-19 (Denmark) age 93
Nationality
Danish
Languages
Danish
Religion
Unknown
Residence History
Denmark

Career

Occupations
writer, poet
Active Years
1955-2020

Awards

Hans Christian Andersen Medal
1976
Category: 執筆部門
Organization: International Board on Books for Young People
Result: 受賞
Danish Critics Prize for Literature
1961
Work: The Eye
Organization: Danish Critics
Result: 受賞
Ministry of Culture's children book prize
1968
Work: Silas and the Black Mare
Organization: Danish Ministry of Culture
Result: 受賞
Grand Prize of the Danish Academy
1998
Organization: Danish Academy
Result: 受賞
Batchelder Award
1976
Work: The Leopard
Organization: American Library Association
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Silas and the Black Mare

1967 Young adult fiction

First book in the Silas series.

Connection to natureAdventure

The Leopard

1970 Young adult fiction

Story involving a leopard.

Critique of civilizationAlienation
Translations
  • English translation available

Bibliography

  • Luseblomster (1955)
  • Fygende heste (1956)
  • Generationer (1956)
  • Anadyomene (1959)
  • The Eye (1961)
  • The condition Harley (1965)
  • Silas and the Black Mare (1967)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Dystopian critique of civilizationThemes of estrangement from nature
Recurring Motifs
NatureHuman condition

Legacy

Danish writer recognized internationally for her lasting contribution to children's literature, particularly the Silas series.