Adda Ravnkilde

Adda Ravnkilde

Adele Marie "Adda" Ravnkilde was a Danish writer who experienced a bitter conflict between her desire to accomplish creative work and the attraction of erotic love. When she was just 21, she committed suicide, leaving three manuscripts which were edited and/or shortened by her friend and advisor George Brandes or by the author Erik Skram. On publication in 1884, all three proved to be highly successful, making Ravnkilde one of Denmark's main precursors of modern women's literature.