Solvej Balle

Solvej Balle made her debut in 1986 with Lyrebird. She went on to write one of the 1990s' most acclaimed works of Danish literature, According to the Law: Four Accounts of Mankind, translated by Barbara Haveland.) On Calculation of Volume is her return to literary stardom after nearly 30 years. Sophia Hersi Smith and Jennifer Russell have translated authors including Olga Ravn and Tove Ditlevsen. In 2025, they were finalists for the National Book Award for Translated Literature.