Johannes Vilhelm Jensen (in Denmark always called "Johannes V. Jensen") (January 20, 1873 – November 25, 1950) was a Danish author, often considered the first great Danish writer of the 20th century. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1944. One of his sisters, Thit Jensen, was also a well-known writer and a very vocal and occasionally controversial early feminist. January 20 is the 20th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1873 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calaber). ... November 25 is the 329th (in leap years the 330th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1950 (MCML in Roman) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Sir Edward Appletons medal Photographs of Nobel Prize Medals. ... Literature is literally acquaintance with letters as in the first sense given in the Oxford English Dictionary (from the Latin littera meaning an individual written character (letter)). The term has generally come to identify a collection of texts, which in Western culture are mainly prose, both fiction and non-fiction... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Thit Jensen (January 19, 1876 - May 14, 1957) was a Danish author. ... Feminism is a social theory and political movement primarily informed and motivated by the experience of women. ...

He was born in Farsø, a village in North Jutland, Denmark, as the son of a veterinary and he grew up in rural environments. While studying medicine at the University of Copenhagen he worked as a journalist to fund his studies. After 3 years of studies he chose to shift careers and devoted himself fully to literature. Farsø is a municipality in northern Denmark, in the county of North Jutland on the peninsula of Jutland. ... Jutland Peninsula Jutland (Danish: Jylland; German: Jütland) is a peninsula in northern Europe that forms the mainland part of Denmark and a northern part of Germany, dividing the North Sea from the Baltic Sea. ... University of Copenhagen The University of Copenhagen (Danish: Københavns Universitet) is the oldest and largest university and research institution in Copenhagen, Denmark. ...

The first phase of his work as an author was influed by fin-de-siècle-pessimism. 1900-01 he wrote his first masterpiece Kongens Fald (eng. transl. 1933 The Fall of the King), a modern historical novel centred around the Danish renaissance king Christian II and a desperate settlement with Danish doubt and lack of acting. 1999 it was acclaimed the best Danish novel of the 20th century.

1906 Jensen created his greatest literary conquest by the collection of verses Digte 1906 (i.e. Poems 1906). In this he introduced the prose poem in Danish lyrics. Jensen's literary career began near the turn of the century with the publication of Himmerland Stories (1898-1910), comprising a series of tales set in the part of Denmark where he was born. He also wrote poetry, a few plays, and many essays, chiefly on anthropology and the philosophy of evolution. 1898 (MDCCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... -1... Poetry (ancient Greek: ποιεω (poieo) = I create) is traditionally a written art form (although there is also an ancient and modern poetry which relies mainly upon oral or pictorial representations) in which human language is used for its aesthetic qualities in addition to, or instead of, its notional and semantic content. ... Anthropology (from the Greek word άνθρωπος, human or person) consists of the study of humanity (see genus Homo). ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... A speculative phylogenetic tree of all living things, based on rRNA gene data, showing the separation of the three domains, bacteria, archaea, and eukaryotes. ...

He developed his theories of evolution in a cycle of six novels, Den lange rejse (1908-22) eng. transl. The Long Journey 1923-24, which was published in a two-volume edition in 1938. This is often considered his main work in prose, a daring and often great attempt on creating a Darwinist alternative to the Biblic Genesis myth. In this work we see the development of man from the Ice Age to the times of Columbus, centred around pioneering individuals. DeFoes Robinson Crusoe, Newspaper edition published in 1719 A novel (from French nouvelle, new) is an extended fictional narrative in prose. ... 1908 (MCMVIII) is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... The Long Journey (Den Lange Rejse) is a series of six novels by Danish author and poet Johannes V. Jensen, written between 1908 and 1922. ... 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Like his compatriot Hans Christian Andersen, he travelled extensively, even to the United States. A poem of his, "Paa Memphis Station" [At the train station, Memphis, Tennessee] is well known in Denmark. Walt Whitman was among the writers who influenced Jensen. Hans Christian Andersen. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Walt Whitman Walt Whitman (May 31, 1819 – March 26, 1892) was an American poet, essayist, journalist, and humanist born on Long Island, New York. ...

The most interesting period of Jensen's litterary work goes to about 1920. After this he mostly concentrated of ambitious biological and zoological writing trying to create an ethics based upon Darwinism together with attempt of renewing the classic poetry.

For many years he worked in journalism, writing articles and chronicles for the daily press without ever joining the staff of any newspaper. Journalism is a discipline of collecting, verifying, analyzing and presenting information gathered regarding current events, including trends, issues and people. ...

Jensen was a controversial figure of Danish cultural life. He was a reckless polemic and his often dubious racial theories and prejudices also damaged his reputation. However he never showed any Fascist leanings.

Today Jensen is still considered the father of Danish modernism especially of modern lyrics by his introduction of the prose poem and by his use of a direct and straightforward language. His influence has been felt as late as in 1960s modernism. Without being a Danish answer to Kipling, Hamsun or Sandburg he bears resemblance with all three authors. He combines the work of the regional writer with the view of the modern academic and semi-scientific observer. Rudyard Kipling, British author Joseph Rudyard Kipling (December 30, 1865 – January 18, 1936) was a British author and poet, born in India. ... Knut Hamsun (31 years old) in 1890 Knut Hamsun (August 4, 1859 - February 19, 1952) was a leading Norwegian author, born in Lom under the name of Knud Pedersen. ...

Johannes Vilhelm Jensen is NOT to be confused with Wilhelm Jensen (1837-1911), German writer, whose short story, Gradiva (1903), became famous for being analysed by Sigmund Freud in Delusion and Dream in Jensen's Gradiva. Sigmund Freud Sigmund Freud [] (May 6, 1856–September 23, 1939) was an Austrian neurologist and the founder of the psychoanalytic school of psychology, based on his theory that human development is best understood in terms of changing objects of sexual desire; that the unconscious often represses wishes (generally of a... Delusion and Dream in Jensens Gradiva is a book by Sigmund Freud which analyses the short story Gradiva by Jensen, from a psychoanalytical point of view. ...

Literature

• Sven Hakon Rossel: Johannes V. Jensen. Boston, 1984.

Works in English/American

• The Long Journey, vol 1-3, (Fire and Ice; The Cimbrians; Christopher Columbus) New York, 1924.
• The Fall of the King, 1933.

Frans Eemil Sillanpää (September 16, 1888 – June 3, 1964) was one of the most famous Finnish writers. ... Winners of the Nobel prize are scientists, writers and peacemakers who have been awarded in their field of endeavour, and who are known collectively as either Nobel laureates or Nobel Prize winners. ... Gabriela Mistral Gabriela Mistral (April 7, 1889 – January 10, 1957) was the pseudonym of Lucila de María del Perpetuo Socorro Godoy Alcayaga, a Chilean poet, educator, diplomat and feminist who was the first Latin American to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, in 1945. ...

External links

• Autobiography at Nobelprize.org
• http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/jjensen.htm