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Born	May 17, 1957 (age 69) • Copenhagen • Denmark
Notable Works	“Borderliners” • “Miss Smilla’s Feeling for Snow” • “The History of Danish Dreams” • “The Quiet Girl” • “Susan Effect, The” • “The Woman and the Ape”

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