Jakob Knudsen
Jakob Christian Lindberg Knudsen (born September 14, 1858 in Rödding , North Schleswig ; † January 21, 1917 in Birkerød , Zealand ) was a Danish writer and clergyman .
Live and act
Knudsen was the son of a pastor and adult education center teacher. After studying theology , he himself became an adult education center teacher and then in 1890 a pastor. From 1896 he was a freelance writer.
Knudsen's novels tell of rural life in Jutland . Christianity also plays a special role . The views represented by Knudsen were influenced by, among others, Nikolai Frederik Severin Grundtvig , Søren Kierkegaard , but also Charles Darwin .
Several of his works were translated into German while Knudsen was still alive. The novel Den gamle Præst was made into a film in 1939.
Works
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The gamle præst. 1899
- The old priest. 1910
- Gjæring - Afklaring. 1902
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Are. 1903
- Hjarmsted is different. 1907
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For livets skyld. 1905
- For the sake of life. 1910
- Inger. 1906
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Fremskidt. 1907
- Progress. 1909
- Lærer Urup. 1909
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Fear mod. 1912, 1914
- Fear. 1914
- Martin Luther. 1915
- Jyder. 1915, 1917
literature
- Horst Bien (ed.): Northern European literatures. Bibliographical Institute, Leipzig 1978
Footnotes
- ↑ Knud E. Løgstrup : Origin and Environment. Reflections on history and nature. Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 1994, ISBN 3-16-145975-X
- ↑ Wolfgang Fischer, Dorothea Monninger, Rolf Schweizer: Werkbuch zum Evangelischen Gesangbuch. Delivery VI: songs from other countries and languages. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2000, ISBN 3-525-50315-6 , p. 31
- ↑ Jakob Knudsen in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Knudsen, Jakob |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Knudsen, Jakob Christian Lindberg (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Danish writer and clergyman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 14, 1858 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rödding , North Schleswig |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 21, 1917 |
| Place of death | Birkerød , Zealand (Denmark) |