him to live with his depressions. And created fertile ground for the title he often gave himself: Denmark's most optimistic pessimist. Musician Rune T. Kidde was also an accomplished musician and singer and was active in Trio Confetti. In 2000 he wrote a libretto for the children's opera "Heksemutter Mortensen og den fede kalkun" (Witch mother Mortensen and the fat Turkey) for The Danish Royal Theatre, with music provided by the composer Fuzzy. The opera was directed by Kasper Holten. He has also written lyrics for other artists including Nanna Lüders Jensen and folk singer Bente Kure. Movies and theatre Kidde made his debut as a playwright in 1983 with the play "En måge over Ejer Bavnehøj" (A seagull over Ejer Bavnehøj) at Det Danske Teater and as an actor in 2005 in Jon Bang Carlsen's English language movie Blinded Angels which takes place in Cape Town in South Africa. Bibliography Cartoons and comics Blomstrende Spaghetti, 1977–1986 Rune T. Kidde, 1980 Man siger så meget, 1980 Gal og normal, 1982 Må jeg høfligst anmode dem om at tage denne sag alvorligt, 1984 Litterærlige klassikere, 1988 Menigmands guide til det indre marked, 1992 Poetry Gjort bedre før, 1983 Fuglefri, 1998 Hvor er fyrvogteren?, 2002 Året rundt på gulvet – hyldest til ottetallet, 2005 Novels Rejsen til Alvilva, 1993 Midt i himlen, midt i havet, 1997 Da Henry Høj gik over i historien, 2000 Hr. og fru Dicht i Island, 2008 Julius afsind, 2009 Sandhedens djævlekløer, 2011 Biographies Leveomkostningerne er steget med en femmer per halvflaske – en bog om W. C. Fields, 1986 Øllet blev hans skæbne, 1999 Thormod Kidde – Kvindfolk, 2002 Kruseduller, kragetæer og kreative krumspring (autobiography), 2007 References External links Anders T. Jensen, Karsten J Jørgensen (ed.), Adventurous Rune T. Kidde, Ultima, 1994 Rune T. Kidde: Scribbles, scrabble and creative antics, Modtryk, 2007 Rune T. Kiddes website Tegneseriemuseet (Danish Cartoon Museum) Website about author Harald Kidde and the Kidde family Ping Award DR Novel Prize 2009 – nomination Biography at Forfatterweb 1957 births 2013 deaths Danish comics artists Danish cartoonists Danish humorists Danish radio presenters Danish folk singers Danish male poets Danish male singer-songwriters 20th-century Danish dramatists and playwrights 20th-century Danish poets 21st-century Danish poets 20th-century Danish male writers 21st-century Danish male writers 20th-century Danish male singers 21st-century Danish male singers 21st-century Danish dramatists and playwrights Danish male dramatists and playwrights Olufsen Records artists