Chat at "Writing out of exile" Symposium in Greece
Exile and literature - Conversation with Alexander Taylor
About the Lannan Residency Program in Marfa, Texas
Short Story from The Trail We Leave in ´Laura Hird ´s Home Page
Born in
Santiago, in 1954. Resident in Denmark since 1974. Employed by the Danish Red
Cross since 1985. Member of the Danish Author´s Society since 1990. Began
writing in Danish in 1985.
1985 First prize in essay competition organized by Politiken newspaper,
with Us and the Wonder (Os og vidunderet).
1989 Novel Letter to Denmark
(Brevet til Danmark), 330 pgs. Forlaget Hjulet.
The experiences of the author in
1974, while being a refugee in Argentina, before his arrival to Denmark.
1992 Children book The Tricky Ghost (Spøgelse på afveje), illustrated
46 pgs. Forlaget Hjulet. Some children living in Sandholm Camp, Denmark´s
biggest refugee camp, discover a baby ghost that has run away from his parents.
1993 Short stories Meetings with
Denmark (Møder med Danmark), 140 pgs. Forlaget Hjulet.
Three stories with an interval of
five years, that illustrate the authors relation to Denmark
1995 Latin Musical To the Flesh - To the Heart (Til kødet - Til hjertet).
Two hours. Libretto including 28 songs, for an eight musician orchestra, 12
leading and 26 secondary rolls. Performed in Aalborg by Det hem´lig teater. The
deities of the platonic and sensual love, twin brothers, get blinded and come
for ever away from each other.
1996 Educational and debate book The Open Door (Den åbne Dør) illustrated
100 pgs. CDR. Forlag. About polemic aspects of asylum and emigration in
Denmark. Widely used in school
and pedagogical seminars.
1997 Play The Trade. One and half hour, for four leading roles. Second
prize in play competition Copenhagen Cultural City 96, presented as a reading in
Kronborg - and by Hypermobile theatre company in Det Lille Teater, 2000. A man´s
obsession for a woman makes him take a crucial
step. Similarities to Mephisto and Middle Age tales. Also published as book by
Drama Forlaget in 1998.
2000 Second prize in a short stories competition organized by Det Fri
Aktuelt newspaper
with Only one Answer (Kun et svar).
2001 Short stories From Airport
to airport (Fra lufthavn til lufthavn), 200 pgs.
Published in English as
THE TRAIL
WE LEAVE by Curbstone Press in 2004; translation by Alexander Taylor.
Published in Greek by Hestia in 2005; translation by Sotiris Souliotis.
2005 Poems. The land after yesterday (Landet efter i går), 120
pages. Illustrated by Sebastian Sztafij. Published by Tiderne Skifter.
Palma frequently participates in debates and congresses in Denmark and abroad. He has published a diversity of essays, featured articles, tales and poems in newspapers, magazines and anthologies. About 2300 of his books can be found in Danish public libraries. His literary work has entitled him to a number of foundation grants.
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