Photo: Karin Munk

Morten Ramsland (born 1971) has a degree in Danish and art history. He made his debut in 1993 with a collection of poems. Hundehoved is his second novel and is one of the most acclaimed books in quite a while. In a very short time, it was sold to 15 countries and has garnered him a large – and rapidly growing – audience here in Denmark and abroad. Morten Ramsland received the Danish Booksellers’ Golden Laurels Award for Hundehoved. Foreign publishers: Estonia/Eesti Ramaat, Finland/Tammi Publishers, France/Gallimard, Germany/Schöffling, Iceland/Edda/Vaka Helgafell, Israel/Keren Publ. House, Italy/Feltrinelli – Kowalski, Norway/Aschehoug, Russia/Symposium, Spain/Salamandra, Sweden/Norstedts, The Netherlands/Arbeiderspers, UK/Transworld Publishers – Doubleday, Romania/Editura Niculescu, Slovenia/Mladinska Knijga Zalozba, Taiwan/Ink Publishing Co., USA/Thomas Dunne Books