Biography

Name:
Lise Ajatsa Lyng Falkenberg

Time of birth:
17^th of May 1962, 6.40 a.m. (Taurus)

Place of birth:
Odense, Denmark

Occupation:
Writer
Freelance journalist
Ph.D.

Hair colour:
Red-brown

Eye colour:
Greyish green with a dash of blue, brown and golden

Height:
5" 6'

Descendant of:
Captain Conrad Wilhelm Ahlefeldt von Falkenberg. The infamous army captain and delinquent, whose life has been object of a Danish novel, is Lise Lyng Falkenberg's great-great-great-grandfather. Lise Lyng Falkenberg herself has also appeared as a character in a novel, namely "Dronning Margrethe von Donner und Blitz" written by the Danish writer Søren Mosegaard in 2003.

Parents:
Vagn Walter Falkenberg (1921-2001) warehouse keeper
Aase Johanne Fedders Falkenberg née Lyng (1929-1978) secretary

Sister:
Ilse Lyng Falkenberg (1955) head secretary

Children:
Tea Janina Lyng Falkenberg (1999)

Education:
Vestre School (1969-1979, graduated with diligence prize)
Tietgen Business College (1979-1980, followed by 2 years as an office trainee at Superfos asphalt factory)
Fyns Studenterkursus (1982-1984, language student)
Odense University (1984-1991, Ph.D. in literature),
Byhøjskolen (1995, media education in journalism and TV/video production)
Niels Brock Copenhagen Business College (1997, media communication)
University of Southern Denmark (1996-1997, supplementary education in semiotics)
The University Library of Southern Denmark (1997-2000, research librarian for the
Internet project "Skillingsviser")
University of Southern Denmark (2000-2003, Ph.D. in cultural studies)
Aorta (2006, project manager)

Grants:
The Danish Ministry of Cultural Affairs' Literature Council, 2002

Stayed abroad in:
Paris, France (1981)
New York City (1983)
London, England (1988, 1997)
Los Angeles (1990)
Venice, Italy (1994)
Munich, Germany (1996)
Stockholm, Sweden (2002)
West Midlands (2005, 2006)

Colors:
Yellow and green

Hobbies:
Playing electric violin
International correspondence
Photography
Swimming
Yoga

Favorite dishes:
Swiss potato cake
Chocolate mousse
Vegetarian lasagna

Flowers:
White freesia

Authors:
William Shakespeare
William Faulkner
Douglas Adams
Lisa Alther
Lewis Carroll
Herman Bang
Gabriel García Márquez
Astrid Lindgren

Books:
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
Die Blendung (Elias Canetti)
Peter Pan and Wendy (Sir J. M. Barrie)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy vol 1-5 (Douglas Adams)
Orlando (Virginia Woolf)

Directors:
Terry Gilliam
Tim Burton
Peter Weir
Stanley Kubrick
Peter Greenaway
Orson Welles
David Cronenberg

Movies:
Rosenkranz and Guildenstern are dead (Tom Stoppard)
Drowning by Numbers (Peter Greenaway)
Don't look now (Nicholas Roeg)
Slade in Flame (Richard Loncraine)
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (Jim Sharmush/Richard O'Brien)
Head (Bob Rafelson)

Actors:
Donald Sutherland
Christopher Walken
Alan Rickman
Malcolm McDowell
Stephen McHattie
Johnny Depp
Matthew Lillard

Actresses:
Jodie Foster
Marianne Sägebrecht
Vanessa Redgrave
Maggie Smith
Veronica Cartwright
Geena Davies
Hillary Swank

TV shows:
Monty Python's Flying Circus
The Young Ones
The Simpsons
The Monkees
American Gothic
Ed, Edd and Eddy

Composers:
John Lennon/Paul McCartney
James Whild Lea
J. S. Bach
Frank Zappa
Donovan
Leos Jánacek
Gil Evans

Bands:
The Beatles
Slade
Mothers of Invention
Velvet Underground

Solo artists:
Jim Lea/James Whild Lea
Dononvan
David Bowie
Eminem
Beck
Phoebe Snow

Music numbers:
Sunshine Superman (Donovan)
Lazy Sunday Afternoon (Small Faces)
Know Who You Are (Slade)
Let Me Be Your Therapy (James Whild Lea)
We'll Bring the House Down (The Clout)
Piñi di Roma (Ottorino Respighi)
In France (Mothers of Invention)
Loser (Beck)
Clint Eastwood (Gorillaz)

Visual artists:
Vincent van Gogh
David Hockney
Andy Warhol
Henri Matisse
The Pre-Raphaelites

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