Morten Søkilde is a young Danish poet. In Denmark, he was educated at the Academy of Art, Odense, the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, the Danish Author School, and the Comedia School (theatre training).

Søkilde’s poems are experimental approaches to the Danish language, using, for example, only two or three particular vowels in each text. His debut was the book "Morten Søkilde 1974 – 2003", followed by the two-volumes-in-one book "Pan and Landskabe". He recieved the Klaus Rifbjergs Debutantpris Award 2007 – 2009 for the latter.

Currently further publications are in preparation, such as the essay "Dybdens Forgrund" (The foreground of depth), which will appear in the Danish magazine "KRITIK 2009" and is concerned with the crossing of literature and visual art. Also in 2009, the publishing house Knuth Beckers Håndtryk will publish an epic poem by Morten Søkilde as a contribution in a series of ten books by ten poets.

Next to his literary projects, Søkilde has been active in television productions. From three seasons in 2007 and 2008, he regularly appeared in – and at times, hosted – the Danish culture live-television talk show "DEN 11.TIME, DR2".

His hobbies are tap-dancing and playing the five string banjo. Morten Søkilde lives in Copenhagen.

The HALMA grant for Morten Søkilde was made possible by the Danish Arts Council.