He worked as a reporter to pay his tuition to medical school, but left school to pursue his writing career. Jensen was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature seventeen times, generally acknowledged as an all-time record, before finally winning the award in 1944. Walt Whitman was among the writers who influenced Jensen.Birthplace: Farsø, North Jutland, Denmark Like his compatriot Hans Christian Andersen, he travelled extensively a trip to the United States inspired a poem of his, 'Paa Memphis Station', which is well known in Denmark.

Ice Age to the times of Columbus, focusing on pioneering individuals. In this work we see the development of mankind from the Impressive attempt to create a Darwinian alternative to the Biblical This is often considered his main work in prose, a daring and often He developed his theories of evolution in a cycle of six novels, Den lange rejse (1908–22), translated into English as The Long Journey (1923–24), which was published in a two-volume edition in 1938. He also wrote poetry, a few plays, and many essays, chiefly on anthropology and the philosophy of evolution. Poems 1906), which introduced the prose poem to Danish literature. In 1906 Jensen created his greatest literary achievement: the collection of verses Digte 1906 (i.e. Is a penetrating study of sixteenth-century people.' Said it is an 'indictment of Danish indecision and lack of vitality, 1933 The Fall of the King), a modern historical novel centred around King Christian II. During 19 he wrote his first masterpiece, Kongens Fald (eng. (1898–1910), comprising a series of tales set in the part of Denmark His career began with the publication of Himmerland Stories The first phase of his work as an author was influenced by fin-de-siècle pessimism. After 3 years of studying heĬhose to change careers and devote himself fully to literature. He worked as a writer to fund his studies. While studying medicine at the University of Copenhagen He was born in Farsø, a village in North Jutland, Denmark, as the son of a veterinary surgeon and he grew up in a rural environment. One of his sisters, Thit Jensen, was also a well-known writer and a very vocal, and occasionally controversial, early feminist. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1944. Jensen ) was a Danish author, often considered the first great Danish writer of the 20th century. Johannes Vilhelm Jensen (in Denmark always called Johannes V.

Kongens fald by Johannes V. Jensen