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Born:
October 26, 1819, Vordingborg, Denmark
Died:
August 15, 1887, Copenhagen (aged 67)
Founder:
“Corsaren”
Notable Works:
“Ravnen”
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Meïr Aron Goldschmidt (born October 26, 1819, Vordingborg, Denmark—died August 15, 1887, Copenhagen) was a Danish writer of Jewish descent whose work foreshadowed later Realism. Goldschmidt was born into a wealthy family. When he was 13, he broke with orthodox Judaism, but he was always to remain attached to his Jewish background, an attachment expressed in his novels. He went to school in Copenhagen, planning to study medicine, but he became a journalist instead. In 1840 he founded Corsaren (“The Corsair”), a satirical weekly expressing liberal and democratic ideas. His own witty, and often politically ambiguous, contributions made the publication ...(100 of 286 words)

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