Christina Hesselholdt

Christina Hesselholdt (born 19 December 1962) is a Danish author. She is a cand.phil. in literary studies and also graduated from the Forfatterskolen in Copenhagen in 1990, where she has also taught ever since. She has been co-editor of the literary magazines Banana Split and Den Blå Port.

Christina Hesselholdt has received a number of awards for her work and in 2018 received the Danish Academy's Grand Prize, which is described as the country's most prestigious recognition of an authorship.