Lise Bach Hansen

[1] Since 2008 the program has turned The Royal Library into Copenhagen’s principal venue for live conversations, featuring international writers, intellectuals, politicians and artists.

", Hansen has developed conversations with international personalities, including Alex Schulman, Kofi Annan, Dario Fo, Hillary Clinton, Salman Rushdie, Herta Müller, Siri Hustvedt, Bernard-Henri Lévy, Slavoj Žižek, Thomas Piketty, Günter Grass and Ban Ki-moon.

[4] Before founding The International Authors Stage at The Royal Library in Copenhagen, she was involved in communication and public relations within professional fields such as film, art, theatre and politics in both Paris and Copenhagen and she has held positions at The European Parliament in Brussels and the Danish art gallery, Kunstforeningen Gl.

The project was made in collaboration with La Maison Antoine Vitez in France and the translations were published by Editions Théâtrales in Paris.

Nordic values on sustainability, cultural heritage, gender equality and climate protection have been priorities which resulted in the book and the transatlantic project Arctic Imagination.

Aimed at both students and professionals, it is based on her experience in the field, as well as on her research into international examples of best practice, while drawing on her theoretical background in dramaturgy, communication, rhetoric and literature.