Solvej Balle was born in 1962 and made her debut in 1986 with Lyrefugl (Lyrebird.) She went on to write one of the 1990s' most acclaimed works of Danish literature, Ifølge loven (1993) ('According to the Law: Four Accounts of Mankind', translated by Barbara Haveland.) Sophia Hersi Smith and Jennifer Russell have translated authors including Olga Ravn and Tove Ditlevsen. In 2025, they were finalists for the National Book Award for Translated Literature.

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Solvej Balle was born in 1962 and made her debut in 1986 with Lyrefugl (Lyrebird.) She went on to write one of the 1990s' most acclaimed works of Danish literature, Ifølge loven (1993) ('According to the Law: Four Accounts of Mankind', translated by Barbara Haveland.) Sophia Hersi Smith and Jennifer Russell have translated authors including Olga Ravn and Tove Ditlevsen. In 2025, they were finalists for the National Book Award for Translated Literature.

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Solvej Balle was born in 1962 and made her debut in 1986 with Lyrefugl (Lyrebird.) She went on to write one of the 1990s' most acclaimed works of Danish literature, Ifølge loven (1993) ('According to the Law: Four Accounts of Mankind', translated by Barbara Haveland.) Sophia Hersi Smith and Jennifer Russell have translated authors including Olga Ravn and Tove Ditlevsen. In 2025, they were finalists for the National Book Award for Translated Literature.

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