Jens Peter Jacobsen

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Jens Peter Jacobsen, detail of an oil painting by E. Josephson, 1879; in the Nationalhistoriske Museum at Frederiksborg, Denmark.

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Born	April 7, 1847 • Thisted • Denmark
Died	April 30, 1885 (aged 38) • Thisted • Denmark
Notable Works	“Marie Grubbe: A Lady of the Seventeenth Century” • “Mogens and Other Stories” • “Niels Lyhne” • “Poems”
Movement / Style	det moderne gennembrud • naturalism
Subjects Of Study	English language

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Jens Peter Jacobsen, detail of an oil painting by E. Josephson, 1879; in the Nationalhistoriske Museum at Frederiksborg, Denmark.

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