The Literature Club in Gentofte is a lecture series for those who enjoy delving into literature and would like to share reading experiences with others. Each time, we take one work by either a Danish or an international author as our starting point, and we look at publications and authorships from several angles. It is not a requirement to have read the book in advance.
Mag. art. Bente Hatting Gjelten gives the presentation and focuses on selected works that will hopefully set the desire to read and the thoughts soaring.
Programme autumn 2026
- 16 September: Jesper Wung-Sung: Sandø's Rose. A new interpretation of Martin A. Hansen's The Liar from 1949, in which imagination plays a central role in the portrayal of the supporting characters. What has happened to AnneMari, and is it credible?
- 30 September: Siri Hustvedt: Ghosts. The Norwegian-American author, who debuted in 1983, writes in her latest book about a long marriage to Paul Auster.
- 21 October: Miguel de Cervantes: The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha. One of the masterpieces of world literature from 1605/1615, now regarded as the first modern novel. Translated into Danish as early as 1776 by Charlotta Dorothea Biehl.
- 4 November: Helle Helle: Hafni fortæller and Hey Hafni. Helle Helle is an award-winning Danish author, known for her simple language, and several of her books have been translated into 22 languages.
- 25 November: Mario Vargas Llosa: I Dedicate My Silence to You. A crime-like plot and a declaration of love to a country and its music, completed by the Peruvian Nobel Prize winner shortly before his death in 2025, at the age of 89.
