Rex er den første novellesamlin af Sven Holm efter Nedstyrtningen fra 1963. I de mellemliggende år har han udsendt fire romaner, som har givet ham en meget fremtrædende plads i den nye danske litteratur, og som har vakt berettiget interesse for forfatterskabet både her og i udlandet.
Sven Holm (1940 – 2019) was a Danish author and playwright. His first short story collection, Den store fjende, was published in 1961. In 1974, Holm was awarded the Grand Prize of the Danish Academy.[1] He was awarded the Holberg Medal in 1991.[2] In 2001, Holm was made a member of the Danish Academy.[3] That same year, he was awarded the Danish Critics Prize for Literature.