Jensen, Johannes V
Entry updated 12 September 2022. Tagged: Author.
(1873-1950) Danish poet, author and essayist, author of detective novels as by Ivar Lykke; awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1944. He is best known for Den Lange Rejse [for individual titles see Checklist] (1908-1922 6vols; trans Arthur G Chater, vols 1-2 as The Long Journey: Fire and Ice 1922 UK, vols 3-4 as The Cimbrians: The Long Journey II 1923 UK, and vols 5-6 as Christopher Columbus: The Long Journey III 1924), an epic myth spanning humanity's Evolution in Darwinian terms from its origins in a temperate Scandinavian Eden before the Ice Age, where a Prometheus figure introduces Technology, through to the threshold of modern times with the explorations of Christopher Columbus; Inventions frequently punctuate the tale, thrusting humanity upwards. The translated portions were later released as The Long Journey (omni 1933). Jensen also published several collections of "myths" that remain untranslated. [JE/JC]
see also: Anthropology; Origin of Man.
Johannes Vilhelm Jensen
born Farsø, Denmark: 20 January 1873
died Copenhagen, Denmark: 25 November 1950
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Den Lange Rejse
Titles in this sequence are listed according to internal chronology.
- Den Lange Rejse I: Den tabte land (Copenhagen, Denmark: Gyldendal, 1919) [Den Lange Rejse: hb/]
- Den Lange Rejse II: Bræen (Copenhagen, Denmark: Gyldendal, 1908) [Den Lange Rejse: hb/]
- The Long Journey: Fire and Ice (London: Gyldendal, 1922) [trans by Arthur G Chater of the above two: The Long Journey: hb/]
- Den Lange Rejse III: Norne Gæst (Copenhagen, Denmark: Gyldendal, 1919) [Den Lange Rejse: hb/]
- Den Lange Rejse IV: Cimbrernes tog (Copenhagen, Denmark: Gyldendal, 1922) [Den Lange Rejse: hb/]
- The Cimbrians: The Long Journey II (London: Gyldendal, 1923) [trans by Arthur G Chater of the above two: The Long Journey: hb/]
- The Long Journey: The Cimbrians (New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1923) [vt of the above: unaltered trans by Arthur G Chater: The Long Journey: hb/]
- The Cimbrians: The Long Journey II (London: Gyldendal, 1923) [trans by Arthur G Chater of the above two: The Long Journey: hb/]
- Den Lange Rejse V: Skibet (Copenhagen, Denmark: Gyldendal, 1912) [Den Lange Rejse: hb/]
- Den Lange Rejse VI: Christofer Columbus (Copenhagen, Denmark: Gyldendal, 1922) [Den Lange Rejse: hb/]
- Christopher Columbus: The Long Journey III (London: Gyldendal, 1924) [trans by Arthur G Chater of the above two: The Long Journey: hb/]
- The Long Journey: Christopher Columbus (New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1924) [vt of the above: unaltered trans by Arthur G Chater: The Long Journey: hb/]
- The Long Journey (New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1933) [omni of the above plus The Long Journey: Fire and Ice and The Long Journey: The Cimbrians: unaltered trans by Arthur G Chater: hb/]
- The Long Journey: Christopher Columbus (New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1924) [vt of the above: unaltered trans by Arthur G Chater: The Long Journey: hb/]
- Christopher Columbus: The Long Journey III (London: Gyldendal, 1924) [trans by Arthur G Chater of the above two: The Long Journey: hb/]
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