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Erik Aalbæk Jensen

Danish author and resistance man (1923-1997) · Denmark · On the map · Writers · Died at 74

Erik Aalbæk Jensen was a Danish writer and Lutheran minister who was awarded both the Danish Critics Prize for Literature and the Søren Gyldendal Prize for his works, most notably Perleporten.

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1997Died30 September 19971977Søren Gyldendal PrizeAward1965De Gyldne LaurbærAward1964Danish Critics Prize for LiteratureAward1923Born19 August 1923

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Awards

Søren Gyldendal Prize1977
De Gyldne Laurbær1965
Danish Critics Prize for Literature1964

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Country
Denmark
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1923 to 1997 · aged 74

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