Top 10 Danish Writers & Poets You Should Know About — theculturetrip.com

A classic author of Danish literature, Jacobsen was a novelist and a poet in 19th century Denmark, and has been credited as the originator of the naturalist movement in Danish literature. He is often considered one of the most influential Danish writers, and a great literary figure in world literature. Jacobsen wrote only two full novels, but they were well ahead their time. Marie Grube, published in 1876 deals with female sexual liberation in a conservative society and Niels Lyhne, published in 1880, traces the misfortunes of an atheist protagonist and his struggle to stay true to his convictions in an unforgiving world. Jacobsen work influenced many great turn-of-the-century authors such as Hermann Hesse, Freud and Henrik Ibsen.

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