Thit Jensen
Maria Kirstine Dorothea Jensen , called Thit Jensen (born January 19, 1876 in Farsø , † May 14, 1957 in Bagsværd ), was a Danish writer .
Life
Thit Jensen was born in Farsø in 1876 as the daughter of a veterinarian. Her brother Johannes V. Jensen was also a writer and won the Nobel Prize for Literature. From 1912 to 1918 she was married to the painter Gustav Fenger .
Thit Jensen wrote about erotic and social topics and was involved in the women's movement . Many of her teenage novels depict talented young women marrying under pressure from society and then perishing in an unhappy marriage. In 1924 she founded the Foreningen for Seksuel Oplysning ("Organization for Sexual Awareness"). There she advocated free choice for women about an abortion . After 1925 she turned to the historical novel and wrote stories from her Jutland homeland.
Jensen was awarded the Tagea Brandt Rejselegat , a travel grant , in 1935 .
Works (selection)
- 1916 Jewish stories
- 1918 Gerd
- 1925 Aphrodite von Fur
- 1955 The ghost carriage
- The earth
- The Storm family
- The king of the sand
- martyrdom
- The erotic hamster
- Mr. Berger intimate
- Jörgen Lykke
- Stygge crumbs
- Waldemar Atterdag
- The king
Individual evidence
- Antonius Lux (ed.): Great women of world history. A thousand biographies in words and pictures . Sebastian Lux Verlag , Munich 1963, p. 244
Web links
- Literature by and about Thit Jensen in the catalog of the German National Library
- Biography (danish)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jensen, Thit |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Jensen, Maria Kirstine Dorothea (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Danish writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 19, 1876 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Farsø |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 14, 1957 |
| Place of death | Bagsværd |