Henrik Pontoppidan

Henrik Pontoppidan (Known as "Pontoppidan")

Realist Novelist, Nobel Prize in Literature Laureate (1917)

Born 1857-07-24

Fredericia, Jutland, Kingdom of Denmark

Passed Away 1943-08-21 Ordrup, Gentofte, Denmark

Lifespan 86 years old

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"It does no good to conquer the whole material world if one remains a stranger to one's own inner soul."

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Foremost realist novelist of modern Scandinavia and Nobel Prize in Literature laureate (1917) whose sweeping masterwork 'Lucky Per' (Lykke-Per) examined the moral and spiritual dilemmas of technological modern Denmark.

Biographical Record

Henrik Pontoppidan was born into a devout pastor's family in Fredericia on July 24, 1857. Abandoning engineering studies at the Polytechnic Institute to become a writer, Pontoppidan dedicated his sharp, unsentimental prose to dissecting Danish society.

Between 1898 and 1904, he published his eight-volume magnum opus Lykke-Per (Lucky Per), tracing the ambitious engineer Per Sidenius who rejects religious dogma for industrial modernization, only to find peace in solitary self-examination. In 1917, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature 'for his authentic descriptions of present-day life in Denmark'.

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Rørvig Cemetery
Rørvig, Odsherred, Denmark

                         GPS: 55.9550, 11.7580                    

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