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Soren Kierkegaard (1813 – 1855) was a Danish theologian, philosopher, poet, social critic, and religious author who is widely known as the father of existentialism. He focused on the individual’s subjective experience, emphasizing the importance of personal responsibility and authenticity. Kierkegaard’s works explore themes such as anxiety, faith, and the search for meaning in a world filled […]
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When Britta was depressed, nervous, and restless like this, so not even a complete reorganization of all the furniture in the house, or the preparation of a complicated dinner, could help her, there were only two things that could alleviate her suffering: a visit to either the beauty parlor or the doctor. Sometimes both. The […]
It happened when I was about eighteen or nineteen years old (began Dr. Simsen). I was studying at the University, and being coached in anatomy by my old friend Solling. He was an amusing fellow, this Solling. Full of jokes and whimsical ideas, and equally merry, whether he was working at the dissecting table or […]
There once was a woman who wanted so very much to have a tiny little child, but she did not know where to find one. So she went to an old witch, and she said: “I have set my heart upon having a tiny little child. Please could you tell me where I can find […]
Most terribly cold it was; it snowed, and was nearly quite dark, and evening – the last evening of the year. In this cold and darkness there went along the street a poor little girl, bareheaded, and with naked feet. When she left home she had slippers on, it is true; but what was the […]
It was the night Dirch Passer the comedian died. He collapsed onstage. His heart was sick and he was taken away by ambulance to the hospital, where they said he was dead on arrival. It was September 3, 1980, and the reason I remember it so well is that it was the night my mother […]
Vilhelm Bergsøe, Danish writer, entomologist and autobiographer (1835-1911). After a dissertation on the termites, he turned to popular science writing. Constant use of the microscope proved to be detrimental to his already weak vision. In the spring of 1861, during a stay in Hellebæk, he suffered a severe eye infection, and in hope of healing he […]
“The Little Mermaid” and “The Ugly Duckling,” “The Golden Heart Flower” and “The New King’s Clothes” are just a mere few of the rich body of work of Hans Christian Andersen. Andersen was born in 1805 in a poor neighborhood in Udense, Denmark, to a father who was a shoe repairer and to a mother […]
Dorthe Nors is a Danish writer. She was born in 1970 and holds a degree in literature and art history from the University of Aarhus. She published four novels, a novella and a collection of short stories titled Kantslag (Karate Chop) that was translated into many languages and was hailed by the critics. Stories from this […]
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