Aksel Sandemose
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
Web links
- Literature by and about Aksel Sandemose in the catalog of the German National Library
- Sandemosearkivet , Morsø Folkebibliotek, Nykøbing Mors (Denmark), in Danish. archive
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SURNAME | Sandemose, Aksel |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Nielsen, Axel (maiden name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Danish-Norwegian writer, developer of the Jante Law |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 19, 1899 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Nykøbing Mors , Jutland |
DATE OF DEATH | August 6, 1965 |
Place of death | Copenhagen |