Aksel Sandemose

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Aksel Sandemose (1934)

Aksel Sandemose (born March 19, 1899 in Nykøbing Mors , † August 6, 1965 in Copenhagen ) was a Danish - Norwegian writer , developer of the Jante Law . His birth name was Axel Nielsen . In 1921 he took the name Aksel Sandemose .

Life

Sandemose was the son of a blacksmith. After completing his compulsory schooling, he went to sea for many years. He later worked as a teacher and journalist. Sandemose lived in Norway from 1929 and wrote in Norwegian ( Riksmål ) by 1931 at the latest . He is considered the founder of the modern Scandinavian novel. His early work was heavily influenced by Joseph Conrad and Jack London . During the war years 1941 to 1945, Sandemose lived in exile in Sweden . Aksel Sandemose died on August 6, 1965 in Copenhagen , Denmark .

Works

  • The Klabautermann; Berlin 1928
  • September; 1939
  • A refugee crosses his trail; Berlin 1973, new translation Berlin 2019
  • The werewolf; Berlin 1982

literature

  • Steen Andersen: Nye for binders. Pejlinger i Aksel Sandemoses forfatterskab. Attika, Vordingborg 2015
  • Randi Birn: Aksel Sandemose. Greenwood, Westport, Connecticut 1984
  • Carl-Eric Nordberg: Sandemose, en biografi. Schoenberg, Copenhagen 1967
  • Axel Knönagel: Scandinavian immigrants on the American continent. The fictional versions of Aksel Sandemose and Ole Rölvaag . In: Informal empire? Cultural relations between Canada, the United States and Europe. Ed. Peter Easingwood, Konrad Groß , Hartmut Lutz. L-und-F-Verlag, Kiel 1998 (series of publications by the Center for Canadian Studies at the University of Trier , 8) ISBN 3930275236 pp. 401-414

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