Karen Aabye

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Karen Lydia Aabye (born September 19, 1904 in Copenhagen , † September 15, 1982 in Bagsværd , Denmark ) was a Danish writer and journalist .

life and work

Karen Aabye was the daughter of the wholesaler Rudolph Christian Frederik Aabye (1859–1927) and Franciska Maren Christine Petersen (1874–1961). She spent her youth in Copenhagen and attended Karen Kjær's school there . Since 1929 she worked as a journalist in Paris and in this capacity wrote articles for the weekly magazine Skandinaver i Paris . After she returned to her home country in 1932, she found a job as an editorial secretary at Politics Lytterblad . In 1936 she worked for the Danish daily Politiken , for which she first went to London as a foreign correspondent , but then went back to Paris. From 1937 on she worked permanently for the Danish daily newspaper Berlingske Tidende .

In addition to her journalistic career, Aabye, who remained unmarried, also pursued a career as a novelist from the late 1930s. Strong and empathetic female characters dominate her works in this regard. Already in her first novel Det er langt til Paris ( It is a long way to Paris , 1939) she showed a lot of sensitivity and talent. After two other contemporary novels , she gained an important reputation as a writer during the Second World War through the historical trilogy Det skete ved Kisum Bakke ( It happened in Kisumbakke , 1942), Fruen til Kejsergaarden ( The Mistress of Kejsergaarden , 1943) and Vi der elsker Livet ( We Who Love Life , 1944). She then wrote the novel Jupiter glemmer aldrig, which revolves around circus life ( Jupiter does not forget , 1945). The emigrant life of Danes who fled to Sweden during the German occupation in World War II is described by Aabye in Vi Skal snart hjem ( We'll go home soon , 1946).

Aabye then turned to the travel book genre when she wrote Dejligt at Amerika ikke ligger lang herfra ( Beautiful America Isn't Far Away , 1949). Her later work, Ireland, min tossede ø ( Ireland, my crazy island , 1963) belongs to the same genre . The author achieved great success in the early 1950s with her series of Martine novels set in the rural setting of Jutland in the 19th century . This is about Martine and her son Janus , who emigrates to America after the death of his mother. The series includes Martine (1950), Min søn Janus ( My son Janus , 1951), Brænd dine skibe ( Burn your ships , 1952), Det gyldne land ( The golden land , 1953) and Den røde dal ( Red Valley , 1954 ). Aabye's fictional biographies Grevinden af ​​Bagsværd ( Countess von Bagsværd , 1958) and Min bedstemor er jomfru ( My grandmother is a virgin , 1965) also achieved popularity . A collection of essays by the author appeared under the title Fra mit skovhus ( From my forest house , 1968).

literature

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Remarks

  1. ↑ a b c Carsten Berthelsen: Karen, Aabye , in: Dansk kvindebiografisk leksikon online.
  2. ↑ a b Uffe Andreasen: Aabye, Karen , in: Dansk biografisk leksikon , 3rd edition, 1979-84.
personal data
SURNAME Aabye, Karen
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Aabye, Karen Lydia (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish writer and journalist
DATE OF BIRTH September 19, 1904
PLACE OF BIRTH Copenhagen
DATE OF DEATH September 15, 1982
Place of death Bagsværd , Denmark