Sven Holm

{{Short description|Danish author and playwright (1940–2019)}}

{{infobox writer

| name = Sven Holm

| birth_date = {{birth date|1940|4|13|df=y}}

| death_date = {{death date and age|2019|5|11|1940|4|13|df=y}}

| occupation = {{flatlist|

• Author
• playwright

}}

| nationality = Danish

| alma_mater = Herlufsholm School

| awards = Grand Prize of the Danish Academy (1974)
Holberg Medal (1991)
Danish Critics Prize for Literature (2001)

}}

Sven Holm (13 April 1940 – 11 May 2019) was a Danish author and playwright. Holm graduated from Herlufsholm School in 1958. His first short story collection, Den store fjende, was published in 1961. In 1974, Holm was awarded the Grand Prize of the Danish Academy.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Akademiets Priser|url=http://www.danskeakademi.dk/priser/vispriser.asp?id=21|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-09-10|website=Det Danske Akademi}} He was awarded the Holberg Medal in 1991.{{Cite web|title=Holberg-Medaljen {{!}} lex.dk|url=https://teaterleksikon.lex.dk/Holberg-Medaljen|access-date=2020-09-10|website=Gyldendals Teaterleksikon|language=da}} In 2001, Holm was made a member of the Danish Academy.{{cite web|last=|first=|date=May 12, 2019|title=Forfatter og dramatiker Sven Holm er død - 79 år|url=https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/kultur/boeger/forfatter-og-dramatiker-sven-holm-er-dod-79-ar|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=|publisher=dr.dk|language=da}} That same year, he was awarded the Danish Critics Prize for Literature for his short story collection Kanten af himlen.{{Cite web|title=Kritikerprisen|url=http://www.litteraturpriser.dk/kritiker.htm|access-date=2020-09-10|website=www.litteraturpriser.dk}}