Knud Hjortø
Knud Hjortø (born January 4, 1869 in Kirke Værløse , Zealand (Sjælland) , Denmark , † November 25, 1931 in Frederiksberg Kommune ) was a Danish writer .
Life
After attending school, he graduated from teacher training college Jonstrup seminary in Nørrebro and was after its completion in 1888 first as a teacher worked. In addition, he dealt with language research .
After a stay in Paris , he began his writing and published his first work with Syner in 1899 . His subsequent novels , which are philosophically and psychologically shaped, but also contain satirical elements, made him an important representative of classical modern Danish literature .
His other novels include:
- Støv og stjærner , 1904; German: Dust and Stars (from the Danish by Hermann Kiy, with an afterword by Esther Kielberg and a comment on the translator by Hanns Grössel), Lilienfeld Verlag, Düsseldorf 2007, ISBN 978-3-940357-01-4 (Lilienfeldiana vol. 1)
- To verdener (Two Worlds), 1905
- Hans Råskov , 1906
- The gang man var ung , 1908
- Rasmus , 1909
- Den fortabte søn , 1910
- Green ungdom and grå sjæle , 1911
- Fru Herta , 1914
- Æventyret , 1915
- Tvelys , 1917
- Kærligheden's locker , 1920
- Faust , 1921
- Hans Heilums nat , 1924
- Svundne somre og gamle vintre , 1931
In addition, he wrote numerous short stories and essays . For his literary work, he was awarded the Carl Andreas Ancker Prize in 1912 and the Holger Drachmann Prize in 1927 . In 1933 his dictionary Afløsningsordbog was posthumously published by the mother tongue association ( Samfundet Modersmaalet ) , a work to replace and redesign around 3,000 words in the Danish language . After his death he was buried in the Vestre Kirkegård cemetery in Copenhagen .
Web links
- Knud Hjortø at Arkiv for Dansk Litteratur
- Short biography and reviews of works by Knud Hjortø at perlentaucher.de
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hjortø, Knud |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Danish writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 4, 1869 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kirke Værløse , Zealand, Denmark |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 25, 1931 |
| Place of death | Frederiksberg Commune |