Lise Norgaard, a screenwriter who wrote the acclaimed epic television drama "Matador" about the lives of ordinary Danish families in a fictitious provincial town between the 1930s recession and World War II, has died.
Norgaard died Sunday following a brief illness, according to her family. She is well noted for her 1992 memoir "Kun en pige," which recounted her battle to become a female reporter.
Danish parliamentarians paid tribute to Norgaard on Monday, who was barely known outside of Scandinavia and Germany.
She worked at major Danish newspapers, including Politiken and Berlingske. She started her career at local newspaper Roskilde Dagblad in her hometown of Roskilde, located 40 kilometers (25 miles) west of Copenhagen.
"Culture has lost a piece of life," stated Culture Minister Jakob Engel-Schmidt. Denmark is a significant witness and contribution to its contemporaries."
In 2018, Norgaard retired as a writer and educator. Funeral plans were not immediately disclosed.
German Ambassador Pascal Hector tweeted that her television show “Matador,” which he called a “masterpiece”