Suzanne Brøgger

Danish author

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Suzanne Brøgger is a Danish author known for her provocative and genre-bending work. She gained recognition in the 1970s for challenging bourgeois notions of love and sexuality, notably in her 1973 book Fri os fra kærleligheden (Deliver Us from Love). Brøgger's writing emphasizes fluidity and change, often blurring the lines between personal experience and fictional narrative. She is recognized for her robust humor and her ability to explore themes across various genres.1

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Danish literature
Postwar literary trends
…radicals and doctrinaire feminists alike, Suzanne Brøgger was among the first to confront bourgeois concepts of sexuality and love with her Fri os fra kœrligheden (1973; Deliver Us from Love). With an emphasis on fluidity and change, she rejected all preset categorizations, writing with robust humour across genres and transgressing…
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…radicals and doctrinaire feminists alike, Suzanne Brøgger was among the first to confront bourgeois concepts of sexuality and love with her Fri os fra kœrligheden (1973; Deliver Us from Love). With an emphasis on fluidity and change, she rejected all preset categorizations, writing with robust humour across genres and transgressing…
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