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Vilhelmine Zahle
1868–1940
A Danish teacher and writer whose small body of work left a lasting mark, she is remembered for emotionally direct fiction that quietly broke new ground. Her best-known book, Vildsomme Veje, is often noted for one of the earliest portrayals of lesbian love in Danish literature.
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Vildsomme Veje : Ogsaa en kærlighedshistorie / I sommerferien
by Vilhelmine Zahle
About the author
Born in Copenhagen in 1868, Vilhelmine Zahle was a Danish writer and teacher. Sources describe her as the daughter of the radical clergyman and politician P. C. Zahle, and note that she trained as an actress before turning to teaching.
Her literary output was brief, but it has drawn lasting attention. She is chiefly associated with Vildsomme Veje (1890), a pair of stories that later critics have highlighted for including an early Danish depiction of lesbian love.
After marrying in 1891 and divorcing in 1905, she is said to have traveled in Europe with her daughter and granddaughter, and she later married again in 1918. She died in 1940.