Jakob Knudsen
{{Short description|Danish author, educator and clergyman}}
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Jakob Christian Lindberg Knudsen (14 September 1858 – 21 January 1917) was a Danish author, educator and clergyman.{{Cite web|url=http://adl.dk/adl_pub/fportraet/cv/ShowFpItem.xsql?nnoc=adl_pub&ff_id=68&p_fpkat_id=modt|title=Jakob Knudsen (Arkiv for Danish Litteratur)|access-date=2015-04-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304062000/http://adl.dk/adl_pub/fportraet/cv/ShowFpItem.xsql?nnoc=adl_pub&ff_id=68&p_fpkat_id=modt|archive-date=2016-03-04|url-status=dead }}
Biography
Jakob Knudsen was born in Rødding, in the south of Denmark. Knudsen spent much of his childhood at Aggersborg in Hanherred. In his youth, he was largely home schooled by his parents who followed the spiritual principals of Grundtvig. In 1862, the family moved to Dalum, where his father was a teacher at Christen Kold Folk High School. In 1872, the family moved to Lunderskov where his father served the parishes of Jordrup and Lejrskov.
From 1875 to 1881, Jakob Knudsen studied theology at the University of Copenhagen. He graduated in 1881 with a Cand.theol. He started his career as a teacher at Askov folk high school and later worked as a priest at the village of Mellerup in Randers.[http://www.dendanskesalmebogonline.dk/biografi/785/144 Biografi, Knudsen, Jakob Christian Lindberg (Den Danske Salmebog)]
His breakthrough as a writer came in 1899 with the book Den gamle præst (The Old Priest). In 1901, he moved with his family to Hillerød and in 1909 to Birkerød, where he devoted himself to writing.[https://snl.no/Jakob_Christian_Lindberg_Knudsen Jakob Christian Lindberg Knudsen (Store norske leksikon)]
Selected works
- Den gamle præst (1899)
- Gjæring – Afklaring (1902)
- Inger (1906)
- Fremskridt (1907)
- Lærer Urup (1909)
- To slægter (1910)
- Rodfæstet (1911)
- Angst (1912)
- Mod (1914)
References
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Further reading
- Bjerg, Svend (1982) Jakob Knudsen. Erfaring og fortælling {{ISBN|87-7003-420-6}}
- Schmidt, Povl (1984) Drømmens dør : læsninger i Jakob Knudsens forfatterskab (Odense: Odense Universitetsforlag) {{ISBN|87-7492-492-3}}
External links
- [http://www.denstoredanske.dk/Dansk_litteraturs_historie/Dansk_litteraturs_historie_3/Mellem_naturalisme_og_kristendom_-_Jakob_Knudsen Entry in det store danske]
- [http://adl.dk/adl_pub/fportraet/cv/FpPdf.xsql?nnoc=adl_pub&ff_id=68 Arkiv for Dansk Litteratur - Jakob Knudsen] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150416034147/http://adl.dk/adl_pub/fportraet/cv/FpPdf.xsql?nnoc=adl_pub&ff_id=68 |date=2015-04-16 }}
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