Johannes V. Jensen

Table of Contents

Introduction References & Edit History Quick Facts & Related Topics

Read Next

poem. A poet in a Heian period kimono writes Japanese poetry during the Kamo Kyokusui No En Ancient Festival at Jonan-gu shrine on April 29, 2013 in Kyoto, Japan. Festival of Kyokusui-no Utage orignated in 1,182, party Heian era (794-1192).

World Poetry Day

Close up of books. Stack of books, pile of books, literature, reading. Homepage 2010, arts and entertainment, history and society

12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”

Britannica’s Book Bingo

10 Captivating Contemporary Novels Set in the British Isles

9 American Countercultural Books

Discover

Facsimile of one of William Henry Ireland's forgeries, a primitive self-portrait of William Shakespeare(tinted engraving). Published for Samuel Ireland, Norfolk Street, Strand, December 1, 1795. (W.H. Ireland, forgery)

The Time a Law Clerk Successfully Forged a New Shakespeare Play to Impress His Dad

The Prado Museum facade at the Diego Velaszquez memorial. Established in 1819, the museum is considered the best collection of Spanish art and one of the world's finest collections of European art. Madrid, Spain

20 Paintings You Have to Visit at the Museo del Prado in Madrid

What's the Difference Between a Solstice and an Equinox?

Timeline and Map of the Panama Canal

Saint Lucia Day. Young girl wears Lucia crown (tinsel halo) with candles. Holds Saint Lucia Day currant laced saffron buns (lussekatter or Lucia's cats). Observed December 13 honor virgin martyr Santa Lucia (St. Lucy). Luciadagen, Christmas, Sweden

7 Winter Solstice Celebrations From Around the World

The impeachment trial of Pres. Andrew Johnson, illustration from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, March 28, 1868.

What If the President Is Impeached?

Orange basketball on black background and with low key lighting. Homepage 2010, arts and entertainment, history and society

The 10 Greatest Basketball Players of All Time

Johannes V. Jensen: Facts & Related Content

Written and fact-checked by The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Facts

Also Known As	Johannes Vilhelm Jensen
Born	January 20, 1873 • Denmark
Died	November 25, 1950 (aged 77) • Copenhagen • Denmark
Awards And Honors	Nobel Prize (1944)
Notable Works	“The Long Journey”

François Mauriac

French author

Czesław Miłosz

Polish-American author, translator, critic, and diplomat

Carl Spitteler

Swiss poet

Karl Adolph Gjellerup

Danish writer

Tom Kristensen

Danish author and critic

Mario Vargas Llosa

Peruvian author

T.S. Eliot

American-English poet, playwright, and literary critic

Luigi Pirandello

Italian author

Rudyard Kipling

British writer

Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn

Russian author

Isaac Bashevis Singer

American author

Wole Soyinka

Nigerian author

Octavio Paz

Mexican writer and diplomat

Bjørnstjerne Martinius Bjørnson

Norwegian author

Ivan Bunin

Russian author

Romain Rolland

French writer

Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio

French author

Salvatore Quasimodo

Italian poet

Doris Lessing

British writer

Harry Martinson

Swedish author

Quiz

Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) only confirmed photograph of Emily Dickinson. 1978 scan of a Daguerreotype. ca. 1847; in the Amherst College Archives. American poet. See Notes:

Poetry: First Lines

4:043 Dickinson, Emily: A Life of Letters, This is my letter to the world/That never wrote to me; I'll tell you how the Sun Rose/A Ribbon at a time; Hope is the thing with feathers/That perches in the soul

Famous Poets and Poetic Form

Illustration of "The Lamb" from "Songs of Innocence" by William Blake, 1879. poem; poetry

A Study of Poetry

Johannes V. Jensen: Facts & Related Content

Facts

Related Biographies

Related Quizzes and Features