Henrik pontoppidan biography

  • Henrik Pontoppidan (Danish: [ˈhenˀʁek pʰʌnˈtsʰʌpitæn]; 24 July 1857 – 21 August 1943) was a.
  • Henrik Pontoppidan was a Danish realist writer who shared with Karl Gjellerup the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1917 for "his authentic descriptions of present-day life in Denmark.".
  • Henrik Pontoppidan (1857-1943) wrote his last novel, Mands himmerig [Man's Heaven], in 1927.

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    Pontoppidan, Henrik (24 July 1857 - 21 August 1943)

    Flemming Behrendt
    (Translated by Russell Dees)

    Letters

    Interviews

    Bibliography

    References

    Papers

    1917 Nobel Prize in Literature Presentation

    Pontoppidan: Autobiographical Statement

    This entry was revised from Behrendt’s Pontoppidan entry in DLB 3 00: Danish Writers from the Reformation to Decadence, 1550-1900.

    BOOKS: Stækkede Vinger (Copenhagen: A. Schou, 1881) includes “Kirkeskuden” and “Et Endeligt”;

    Sandinge Menighed: En Forkelling (Copenhagen: A. Schou, 1883);

    Landsbybilleder (Copenhagen: Gyldendal, 1883)includes “En Fiskerrede,” translated (from an earlier magazine version) by Julianne Sarauw as “A Fisher Nest” in American-Scandinavian Review, 15 (1927): 476–486;

    Ung Elskov: Idyl (Copenhagen: Gyldendal, 1885); revised as Ung Elskov: Blade of en Mindekrans (Copenhagen: Schubothe, 1906);

    Mimoser: Et Familjeliv (Copenhagen: Gyldendal, 1886); translated by Gordius Nielsen as The Apothecary’s Daugh

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    Henrik Pontoppidan

    Danish writer, Nobel Laureate

    Henrik Pontoppidan (Danish:[ˈhenˀʁekpʰʌnˈtsʰʌpitæn]; 24 July 1857 – 21 August 1943)[1] was a Danish realist writer who shared with Karl Gjellerup the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1917 for "his authentic descriptions of present-day life in Denmark." Pontoppidan's novels and short stories — informed with a desire for social progress but despairing, later in his life, of its realization — present an unusually comprehensive picture of his country and his epoch. As a writer he was an interesting figure, distancing himself both from the conservative environment in which he was brought up and from his socialist contemporaries and friends. He was the youngest and in many ways the most original and influential member of the Modern Break-Through.

    Early life and career

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    The son of a Jutlandic vicar and belonging to an old family of vicars and writers, Pontoppidan gave up an education as an engineer, worked as

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    Hendrik Pontoppidan

    Not to be confused with Henrik Pontoppidan.

    Hendrik Pontoppidan

    Hendrik Pontoppidan

    Born(1814-03-21)21 March 1814

    Thisted, Denmark

    Died22 February 1901(1901-02-22) (aged 86)

    Hamburg, Germany

    Hendrik Pontoppidan (21 March 1814 in Thisted – 22 February 1901) was a Danish merchant, consul and philanthropist. His parents were priest Børge P. Glahn and Mette Magdalene (née Glahn) but when he was three his father died and he was moved to Thisted to live with family there. Through his life Hendrik Pontoppidan worked extensively with agriculture advocacy and reform. He co-founded several organizations that helped farmers get organized.[2][3]

    He completed his ungdom studies and then moved abroad to study trade. He studied in Copenhagen, Altona and Manchester and settled in Hamburg. Here he built a large and respected trade and loan business which was connected to many Danish merchants. During the panik of 1857 Pon