Dea Trier Mørch

She became a member of the Danish Communist Party and, in 1969, was a co-founder of the socially oriented culture collective Røde Mor (Red Mother).

[1] In 1976, she published Vinterbørn based on her experience of giving birth to three children in Copenhagen's Rigshospitalet.

The book received wide acclaim, was translated into 22 languages and, in 1979, led to Astrid Henning-Jensen's award-winning film version.

Other works dealing with family and socialism include: Den indre by (The Inner City, 1980), Aftenstjernen (1982, translated into English as Evening Star), and the love story Morgengaven (Morning Gift, 1984).

[3] Later works include: a travel book Da jeg opdagede Amerika (When I Discovered America, 1986); and Landskab i to etager (Two-Storey Landscape, 1992), involving complications in a relationship of a couple who meet later in life.