Wilhelm Dinesen
Adolph Wilhelm Dinesen (born December 19, 1845 in Copenhagen , † March 28, 1895 there ) was a Danish officer and writer.
Life
Dinesen came from a Jutland family of officers, landlords and officials. His father was Adolph Wilhelm Dinesen , his mother Dagmar Alvilda Dinesen, née von Haffner (1818–1874).
At the age of 18, he was the youngest lieutenant in Denmark to take part in the German-Danish War . He later wrote the book Fra 8th Brigade about his experiences . As a Danish soldier he fought in the Franco-Prussian War in 1870/71 and was involved in the suppression of the Paris Commune in May 1871 . He also put down his experiences from this time in writing in the book Paris under Communen , published in 1873 .
In 1873 he retired from the Danish Army and in August 1873 traveled to Wisconsin in the USA . There he lived until December 1874 in the community of the indigenous people of the Chippewa . After successfully integrating into the ethnic group, he became a father here for the first time. But before the birth of this daughter, he returned to Denmark. He supported his sick father in agriculture. After his death he left his homeland again to fight on the Turkish side in the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78 .
After his return from Turkey, he bought the Rungstedlund country estate in 1879 to manage it. In 1881 he married Ingeborg Westenholz, with whom he had five children, including the writer Karen Blixen and the officer and author Thomas Dinesen . During his time as a squire, he was also politically active. After several unsuccessful candidacies, he became a member of the Folketing in 1892 . Dinesen was a Knight of the Legion of Honor .
Dinesen wrote numerous books, some very critical of political issues, but also about hunting. For the latter, he used his Indian name Boganis as a pseudonym .
Wilhelm Dinesen hanged himself in 1895 after being diagnosed with syphilis . For his then ten-year-old daughter Karen, who was very close to her father, his father's suicide was a severe blow. He is buried in Hørsholm Church, where he was a long-time member of the parish administration .
reception
Dinesen is a supporting character in the Danish television series 1864 .
Publications (selection)
- Paris under Communen , 1873.
- Fra ottende brigade , 1889.
literature
- Tom Buk-Swienty: Fire and Blood. Captain Dinesen. Osburg, Hamburg 2014, ISBN 978-3-95510-058-2 .
- Bernd Henningsen: Wilhelm Dinesen Danish captain. In: Der Tagesspiegel . August 5, 2015 (review tagesspiegel.de ).
- Oluf Friis: Dinesen, Adolph Wilhelm, 1845–95 . In: Povl Engelstoft, Svend Dahl: (Ed.): Dansk biografisk leksikon . Founded by Carl Frederik Bricka . 2nd Edition. tape 6 : Devegge – Ferdinandsen . JH Schultz, Copenhagen 1935, p. 22–23 (Danish, rosekamp.dk [PDF]).
- Oluf Friis: Wilhelm Dinesen . In: Svend Cedergreen Bech , Svend Dahl (eds.): Dansk biografisk leksikon . Founded by Carl Frederik Bricka , continued by Povl Engelstoft. 3. Edition. tape 3 : Brüggeman – Dolmer . Gyldendal, Copenhagen 1979, ISBN 87-01-77383-6 (Danish, biografiskleksikon.lex.dk ).
- Finn Hauberg Mortensen: Wilhelm Dinesen, Adolph Wilhelm Dinesen, Boganis (pseudonym). In: The Danske store. Gyldendal ( denstoredanske.lex.dk ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dagmar Alvilde von Haffner in Jyske Slægter.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dinesen, Wilhelm |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Danish officer and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 19, 1845 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Copenhagen |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 28, 1895 |
| Place of death | Copenhagen |