Allen, Johannes
Entry updated 12 September 2022. Tagged: Author.
(1916-1973) Danish journalist and author of popular fiction and film scripts from about 1941. Among his few sf titles the best known is Data for din død (1970; trans Marianne Helweg as Data for Death 1971), which tells of a criminal organization whose acquisition of advanced Computer techniques permits it to blackmail people with information about their time of death. [ND]
Johannes Allen
born Copenhagen, Denmark: 16 May 1916
died Copenhagen, Denmark: 14 December 1973
works
- Data for din død (Copenhagen, Denmark: Branner og Korch, 1970) [hb/]
- Data for Death (London: The Hogarth Press, 1971) [trans of above: hb/John Jensen]
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