Ulrikka S. Gernes

Ulrikka S. Gernes was born in Sweden to Danish parents and spent most of her childhood in Sweden. She has travelled extensively in Europe and Asia and now lives in Copenhagen. Her work has been highly acclaimed in Denmark since the publication of her first collection Natsvaermer (Moth) in 1984 when she was 18. She has published eight further collections. A Sudden Sky is a representative selection of her work, chosen by the author with the translators, Patrick Friesen and Per Brask. A Sudden Sky is Brick Books’ second translation.