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第37回（1944年） Winner
Johannes Vilhelm Jensen
ヨハネス・ヴィルヘルム・イェンセン
Johannes Vilhelm Jensen
プロフィール
- 性別
- 男性
- 生誕
- 1873-01-20 （Farsø, Jutland, Denmark）
- 死没
- 1950-11-25 （Østerbro, Copenhagen, Denmark） 77歳
- 国籍
- Denmark
- 言語
- Danish
- 宗教
- Atheism
- 居住地歴
- Farsø (birthplace) → Copenhagen (later residence)
経歴
- 職業
- Writer, Novelist, Poet, Essayist
- 活動期間
- 1896年〜1950年
- 影響を受けた人物
- Walt Whitman
- 影響を与えた人物
- Danish modernist writers and poets of the first half of the 20th century
- ノミネート
- Nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature 53 times between 1925 and 1944
学歴
| 学校 | 学部 | 学科 | 学位 | 期間 | 国 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Copenhagen | Faculty of Medicine (attended) | — | — | 3年間在籍（修了せず） | Denmark |
University of Copenhagen
Faculty of Medicine (attended)
期間:
3年間在籍（修了せず）
国:
Denmark
Studied medicine for three years but left to pursue a literary career
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1944 | Nobel Prize in Literature | — | — | The Swedish Academy | 受賞 |
Nobel Prize in Literature
1944
主催:
The Swedish Academy
結果:
受賞
受賞・候補エディション
作品
代表作
The Fall of the King
1901年 Historical novelA modern historical novel centered on King Christian II of the 16th century; a penetrating study of people of the era and a critique of Danish indecision and lack of vitality.
PowerHistoryNation and individual
翻訳
- The Fall of the King (English translations)
The Long Journey
1922年 Epic cycle / evolutionary novelA six-novel cycle treating the origins and evolution of mankind; an ambitious attempt to introduce evolutionary ideas into literature.
EvolutionOrigins of mankindScience and narrative
翻訳
- The Long Journey (English translations, various volumes)
Poems 1906 (Digte)
1906年 Poetry collectionA 1906 collection of poems that helped establish Jensen as an early leading modernist in Denmark, notable for prose-poem experiments and direct language.
ModernismLanguage experimentation
Himmerland Stories (Himmerlandsfolk)
1898年 Short story collectionA series of tales set in Himmerland, the region where Jensen was born, featuring rural life and regional character.
Rural lifeRegional identityHuman character studies
全著作
- Danskere (1896)
- Einar Elkjær (1898)
- Himmerlandsfolk (1898)
- Kongens Fald / The Fall of the King (1900–1901)
- Digte / Poems (1906)
- Den lange rejse / The Long Journey (1908–1922)
- Evolution and Morality (1925)
- The Jutland Blast (1931)
- Poems 1901–43 (1943)
- Africa (1949)
作品の翻訳
- The Long Journey, vol.1–3 (English translation, 1924)
- The Fall of the King, translated by P. T. Federspiel (1933); translated by Alan G. Bower (1992)
- The Waving Rye (English translation, 1958)
作風・主題
- 文体
- Modernist expressionDirect, straightforward languageProse-poem and formal experimentation
- 頻出モチーフ
- EvolutionNature and national characterHistorical perspective
評価・遺産
Considered one of the major Danish writers of the first half of the 20th century; notable for introducing evolutionary ideas into literature and for contributing to Danish modernism. His reputation is complicated by controversial racial theories and polemical writings.
記念館・博物館
- Museumcentre Aars Aars, Himmerland, Denmark
資料所蔵先
- Collections held at the Royal Danish Library
大衆文化への影響
- Johannes V. Jensen Land in northern Greenland named in his honor
引用
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"for the rare strength and fertility of his poetic imagination with which is combined an intellectual curiosity of wide scope and a bold, freshly creative style."
出典: Nobel Prize in Literature 1944 citation (The Swedish Academy) (1944年) -
"This child of the dry and windy moors of Jutland has, almost out of spite, astonished his contemporaries by a remarkably prolific production."
出典: Award ceremony speech, Anders Österling (1945) (1945年)
豆知識
- One sister, Thit Jensen, was also a well-known writer and early feminist.
- He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature 53 times (first nomination in 1925).
- He included a smiley-like face in correspondence around 1900, noted as an early example of typographic play.