Bodil Bech

Bodil Adele Vilhelmine Bech (1889–1942) was a Danish writer who is remembered principally for her poetry. It was not until 1934 that she published her first book, the poetry collection Vi der ejer natten (We who own the night). She associated with the surrealist writers and artists who contributed to the literary journals Konkretion and Linien. Bech went on to publish further works of poetry as well as the novel Lones Balkanfærd (Lone's Balkan Trip), for which she used the pen name Anna Fole. Her poetry broke the conventions of the time, expressing unfulfilled desire and missed conjugal happiness in terms of the painful cosmic mystery of sexuality.