Mona Larsen, (b. 1948) Copenhagen. Recognized Danish jazz singer, composer and lyricist, with awards, Palæ Jazz Prize and Jazz Special Reader Prize for the Danish Jazz Release of the Year Never Let Me Go, 2003. Latest CD release Grains of Sand, 2009.
Member of the Poetry and Haiku group in the Danish Writers’ Association since 2004. She often writes on internet portals, among others. All things Ku and Bones Journal. In 2007, Mona Larsen released her first haiku collection, Ravnerock publishing, Bladene Drypper (The Leaves Drip). She has also self-published 25 bilingual haiku in English and Danish, Peace in Ghent, 2015. Mellemgaard Publishing, Konkylie Øre, (Conch Ear) 2017, contains five long poems. An autobiography Magic in the Air 2019, publishing Vilhelm.com. 2022, Haiku in the time of Covid-19. Her latest outing 2023, Mellemgaard Publishing, Poetry and prose, Hvert skridt som det er, (Every step as it is).

She appears in several anthologies, including Hub Edition Handmade in Wingland 2008 /by Colin Blundell. Blade i vinden, (Leaves in the wind) 2011. Danish Haiku Today 2012. Special haiku publication for Herman Van Rompuy, 2012. She won best prize in the Swedish haiku Society’s Journal Blå Eld (Blue Fire) 2 2016. Project Peacefull Ghent, A Thousand Cranes. 2016. Haiku 21.2. published by Modern Haiku Press 2025.