Tage Skou-Hansen
{{Short description|Danish writer, editor and scholar}}
Tage Skou-Hansen (12 February 1925 – 11 November 2015) was a Danish writer, editor and scholar.{{cite news|url=http://politiken.dk/kultur/boger/ECE2925069/tage-skou-hansen-er-doed/|title=Tage Skou-Hansen er død|date=11 November 2015|publisher=Politiken|language=Danish|accessdate=11 November 2015}}
Overview
Born in the town of Fredericia, Tage Skou-Hansen graduated from Marselisborg Gymnasium in Aarhus and became a student of history of literature at Aarhus University. As a student, he worked as an editor of two literary magazines, one of which was Heretica,{{cite book|author1=David William Foster|author2=James Raymond Kelly|title=Bibliography in Literature, Folklore, Language, and Linguistics: Essays on the Status of the Field|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dmJ-hzR63B0C&pg=PA24|date=1 January 2003|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-1447-5|page=25}} before the publication of his first novel, De Nøgne Træer (The Bare Trees), in 1957. After receiving his degree, Tage taught literature at Askov Højskole for nine years, before concentrating on writing from 1967.{{cite web|url=http://www.litteratursiden.dk/forfattere/tage-skou-hansen|title=Tage Skou-Hansen|publisher=Litteratursiden|accessdate=23 July 2014 |language=Danish}}
Apart from his novels, Tage Skou-Hansen's works also includes two plays and a realized film manuscript. He has received many prizes and scholarships throughout his career.[http://www.litteraturpriser.dk/aut/ST.htm#STageSkouHansen Tage Skou-Hansen] Literaturpriser.dk. Scholarships, awards and notability. {{in lang|da}}[http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n79-64008/ Tage Skou-Hansen] OCLC WorldCat Identities.
De nøgne træer has been translated into English as The Naked Trees and led to a film with the same title in 1991. The story is set in the milieu of the resistance movement, during the German occupation of Denmark.{{cite book|last=Skou-Hansen|first=Tage|title=The Naked Trees, a Novel. Translated from the Danish by Katherine John|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VUgdcgAACAAJ|year=1959}}{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0804748/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm|title=Tage Skou-Hansen|publisher=IMDb|accessdate=23 July 2014 |language=Danish}}[http://www.dfi.dk/faktaomfilm/film/en/232.aspx?id=232 The Naked Trees] Danish Film Institute
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