Rediscovered: Dea Trier Mørch with Pernille Ibsen and Johanne Mygind

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Classics Day is back - hear about one of the most significant voices in Danish art and literary history! How did Dea Trier Mørch (1941-2001) become one of the most important artists and writers of her generation? Why do her stories of motherhood and community still speak to us today? And what can a rediscovered writing like Mørch's tell us about both the past and the present? Experience With books such as 'Kastaniealleen' (1974), 'Hvide løgne' (1995) and 'Vinterbørn' (1976), Dea Trier Mørch's writings provided a rare insight into women's lives, into political communities and into the great upheavals that the Danish welfare society underwent inthroughout her life.'Winter Children' became Mørch's popular breakthrough when the novel sold over 100,000 copies and was later made into a film in 1978. The novel depicts 18 women who are admitted to the maternity ward at Rigshospitalet in 1975. At the hospital, women of all social statuses meet and are entitled to the same care. - Date: 3 November 2026 - Time: 17:00–18:00 - Venue: Københavns Hovedbibliotek - Address: Krystalgade 15, Copenhagen K, Denmark - Admission: Free