Carl Ewald

{{Infobox writer

| image = Carl Ewald.jpg

| caption = Ewald {{circa|1902}}

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1856|10|15|df=y}}

| birth_place = Bredelykke by Gram, Duchy of Schleswig, Denmark

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1908|02|23|1856|10|15|df=y}}

| death_place = Charlottenlund, Denmark

| resting_place = Gentofte, Denmark

| years_active = 1882–1908

}}

File:Carl Ewald by Frederik Riise.jpg

Carl Ewald ({{IPA|da|ˈe̝ːˌvælˀ|}}, 15 October 1856{{snd}}23 February 1908) was a Danish novelist and satirist, known for his fairy tales.

Biography

Carl Ewald was born on 15 October 1856 in Bredelykke by Gram in the Duchy of Schleswig, then a part of Denmark.{{Cite encyclopedia |year=1979–84 |title=Carl Ewald |encyclopedia=Dansk Biografisk Leksikon |publisher=Gyldendal |url=http://denstoredanske.dk/Dansk_Biografisk_Leksikon/Kunst_og_kultur/Litteratur/Forfatter/Carl_Ewald |accessdate=2019-11-24 |last=Rimestad |first=Chr. |edition=3rd |language=da}} He was named after {{Ill|Carl Ewald (military){{!}}his grandfather of the same name|da|Carl Ewald (officer)|sv|Carl von Ewald (militär)}} and he had twelve siblings. His father, {{Ill|H. F. Ewald|da|H.F. Ewald|sv|Herman Frederik Ewald}} was an author. He was educated at the University of Copenhagen, where his family had moved to after the Duchy of Schleswig fell to Prussia in 1864. From 1880 to 1883, he was a school director in Copenhagen.{{Runeberg|filename=nfbg|name=Nordic Family Book|htmlno=0599|chapter=Karl (Carl) Ewald|pages=1109-1110|year=1907|language=sv}} His first literary work was published in 1882. After spending a few years as a forester, he turned to literature in 1887, issuing school texts and translations.{{Cite Americana|wstitle=Ewald, Carl|noicon=x}}

In 1893, he had a son, Jesper Ewald, with Betty Ponsaing. In 1894, due to an extramarital relationship he had with Agnes Henningsen, Ewald's second son Poul was born. The relationship ended in a divorce.{{Cite web |url=https://www.kvinfo.dk/side/170/bio/425/ |title=Agnes Henningsen |last=Zibrandtsen |first=Marianne |date=2003-05-15 |website=The Danish Center for Research on Women and Gender |language=da |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040909012622/http://www.kvinfo.dk/side/170/bio/425/ |archive-date=2004-09-09 |access-date=2019-11-24}}

Ewald died in Charlottenlund (near Copenhagen) on 23 February 1908, aged 51.{{DNB portal|130147001}} He was buried in Gentofte.

Works

Singleton's Udenlandsrejse (1894)
Glaede over Danmark (1898)
Sulasmiths Have (1898)
Der Kinderkreuzzug (The Children's Crusade, 1896)
Mein Kleiner Junge (My little boy, 1899)
Crumlin (1900)

Several of his works have been translated into English.

The Pond and Other Stories, tr. Alexander Teixeira de Mattos, ill. Harry B. Neilson (London: Everett & Co., 1909)

References

External links

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Category:1856 births

Category:1908 deaths

Category:University of Copenhagen alumni

Category:Danish male novelists

Category:19th-century Danish novelists

Category:19th-century Danish male writers