Henrik Scharling

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Henrik Scharling

Carl Henrik Scharling (born May 3, 1836 in Copenhagen , † June 6, 1920 in Frederiksberg ) was a Danish writer.

Life

Carl Henrik Scharling was born in 1836 as the son of a theology professor and raised religiously. After passing his state examination with flying colors, he traveled to Greece , Egypt , Palestine , Germany , Italy and Switzerland . In 1866 Scharling qualified as an associate lecturer at the University of Copenhagen , in 1870 he was appointed professor of theology and held the teaching post until 1916.

Works

Scharling had already started to write poetry before his travels and had also been active as a journalist after 1869. He had written stories. He became known through the three stories "Pastorate of Nöddebo", "At New Year's Time (in the pastorate of Nöddebo)" and a continuation of the first story. Henrik Scharling wrote the short story “At the New Year in the Pastorate at Nöddebo” in 1861, when he was taking a trip on the Nile. He also describes this situation in a poem that precedes the story.

In “At the New Year”, a young guest from the pastorate falls in love with the pastor's two daughters, until the boy finds out at the end that the two girls are already in a relationship with his brothers. Carl Henrik Scharling wrote this comedy under the pseudonym "Nicolai". The book was filmed in Denmark in 1934 under the title "Nøddebo Præstegård" (remake 1974).

  • Original title: Ved Nytaarstid i Nøddebo Præstegaard
  • German edition: Nicolai (Henrik Scharling): For the New Year. Narrative. Translated from Danish by Peter Johann Willatzen. Berlin u. Leipzig: Book publisher for the German House, 1908.

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personal data
SURNAME Scharling, Henrik
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Scharling, Carl Henrik (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish writer and university rector
DATE OF BIRTH May 3, 1836
PLACE OF BIRTH Copenhagen
DATE OF DEATH June 6, 1920
Place of death Frederiksberg