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Henrik Pontoppidan

Biography

Henrik Pontoppidan was born in 1857 in Fredericia, the son of a minister and one of sixteen children. When the family moved to Randers, Pontoppidan saw the town sacked by the Prussian and Austrian troops, which made a big impression on him. He rejected the idea of going into the church but studied engineering instead but gave up and became a teacher. He then became a journalist, before becoming a full-time writer. He published his first collection of short stories in 1881 and supported himself from his writing from then on. His writings were concerned with the poor and downtrodden and scathingly attacked the hypocrisy of Danish society and Danish religion. He shared the Nobel Prize in 1917 with Karl Gjellerup and died in 1943.

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Bibliography

1881 Stækkede vinger
1883 Landsbybilleder
1883 Sandinge Menighed. En fortælling
1885 Ung elskov
1886 Mimoser. Et familjeliv (The Apothecary’s Daughters)
1887 Fra hytterne. Nye landsbybilleder
1887 Isbjørnen. Et portræt (The Polar Bear : A Portrait)
1888-90 Folkelivsskildringer 1-2
1888 Spøgelser. En historie
1890 Krøniker
1890 Natur. To smaa romaner
1890 Reisebilleder aus Dänemark
1890 Skyer. Skildringer fra Provisoriernes Dage
1892 Det forjættede land. Et tidsbillede (The Promised Land)
1892 Muld. Et tidsbillede (Emanuel or Children of the Soil)
1893 Minder
1894 Den gamle Adam
1894 Nattevagt
1895 Dommens dag. Et tidsbillede
1896 Højsang
1897 Kirkeskuden. Fortælling
1898-1904 Lykke-Per (Lucky Per)
1898-1904 De dødes rige 1-2
1899Fortællinger 1-2
1899 Vildt
1900 Det ideale hjem
1900 Lille Rødhætte. Et portræt
1902 De vilde fugle. Et skuespil
1904 Et endeligt. En landsbyhistorie
1905 Borgmester Hoeck og hustru. Et dobbeltportræt (Burgomaster Hoeck and his wife)
1906 Asgaardsrejen
1906 Det store spøgelse
1907 Hans Kvast og Melusine
1908Den kongelige gæst (The Royal Guest)
1912 Torben og Jytte
1914 Kirken og dens Mænd. Et foredrag
1918 Et kærlighedseventyr
1920 En Vinterrejse
1926 Ilum galgebakke ; Den første gendarm ; Nattevagt
1933 Drengeaar
1936 Hamskifte
1938 Arv og gæld
1940 Familjeliv
1943 Undervejs til mig selv : et tilbageblik
1962 Erindringer
2015 Sad Tales from Denmark (selection of his stories)