Per Holm Knudsen

Per Holm Knudsen (born 18 December 1945 in Copenhagen) is a Danish writer, teacher and psychotherapist. He is the author of The True Story of How Babies Are Made, a detailed and colorfully illustrated children's book that chronicles love, marriage, conception, pre-natal growth, and birth. As the title promises, it explains the biological process of human reproduction, using correct terminology and graphic pictures.

Bibliography

Illustrated children's books

• Den lille blå bil (Borgen, 1969)
• Palmen Joachim (Borgen, 1970)
• Sæbeboble grøn og sæbeboble rød (Borgen, 1970)
• Ballonen Bubi (Borgen, 1970)
• Sådan får man et barn (Borgen, 1971)
• The True Story of How Babies are Made (ISBN 0-516-03640-8) was published in 1973 by Children's Press of Chicago, Illinois.
  • How a Baby is Made (SBN 85166-420-2) was published in 1973 by Franklin Watts Limited of London, Great Britain.
  • Da solen stod op om natten (Borgen, 1971)
• Frøen Jakob (Borgen, 1972)
• Rødspætten Katinka (Borgen, 1972)
• Musen Malle (Borgen, 1973)
• En muldvarp (Borgen, 1982)

Youth novels

• Conny og bolighajen (Borgen, 1974)

Short stories

• Børnelokkeren (1979) in the anthology Med egne øjne og andre noveller, Borgen
• Og så kan man ikke blive soldat (1979) in the anthology Dumme tøser, Jespersen og Pios forlag
• Krig i København (1980) in the anthology Billeder fra 60'erne, Delta (Publishing house) – new improved edition, Branner & Koch (2004)
• Den første kamp (1980) in the anthology I dag, Oktober
• Langt ude ... i skoven (1982) in the anthology Malurt, Tellerup

Translations

• Sven Wernström: Fjendens sprog (1975), Forlaget GMT
• Sven Wernström: Om at skrive som håndværk (1979), Høst og Søn
• Ulf Nilsson: En kamp for livet (1982), Høst og Søn

Prizes

• Ministry of Culture's children book prize (Denmark) (Kulturministeriets Børnebogspris)

External links

• Official website (Danish)
• His biography (on the writers private website) (Danish)