Signe Toksvig
Danish writer (1891-1983) · Denmark · On the map · Writers · Died at 91
Signe Kirstine Toksvig was a Danish writer. She contributed to The New York Times, the Nation, The Atlantic, and other periodicals, and also published several books, including biographies of Hans Christian Andersen and Emanuel Swedenborg.
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Her life and work, and obstacles she encountered, has also been the focus of scholarship by others. She lived parts of her life in the United States and Ireland, and all her writings were in English.
