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Johannes Vilhelm Jensen
1873 – 1950
About this person
Wikipedia SummaryJohannes Vilhelm Jensen was a Danish author, known as one of the great Danish writers of the first half of 20th century. He was awarded the 1944 Nobel Prize in Literature "for the rare strength and fertility of his poetic imagination with which is combined an intellectual curiosity of wide scope and a bold, freshly creative style". One of his sisters, Thit Jensen, was also a well-known writer and a very vocal, and occasionally controversial, early feminist.
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
January 20, 1873
Farsø
Date of death
November 25, 1950
Copenhagen
Citizenship
Kingdom of Denmark
Occupations & fields
writerpoetnovelistessayisttranslator-interpreterjournalist
Awards & honours
Nobel Prize in LiteratureDrachmannlegatet
Notable works
The Fall of the KingStories from HimmerlandThe Long JourneyDigte
- Field and occupation
- dánsky spisovateľ
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