Writing about real life is both challenging and vulnerable. In this two-hour workshop, author Peter Øvig talks through the idea, ethics and dramaturgy behind autobiographical and documentary accounts.
Øvig will introduce a few writing exercises, and there is room for questions, ideally drawn from participants' own projects. Øvig is the author of bestselling documentary books such as Birkedal, Blekingegadebanden, Hippie and Dem der ikke tier, as well as the autobiographical Min mor var besat and Jeg er hvad jeg husker, both dealing with depression. His work has earned him the Cavling Prize, the Readers' Book Prize, the Danish Non-Fiction Prize and a lifetime honorary stipend from Statens Kunstfond, among other awards.
