Josef Petersen
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Josef Petersen was Danish
author, known for many novels with historical, often Antique or Medieval motifs written from 1910 to 1949.
Josef Peterson was the son of a vicar and was a maternal grandson of the Norwegian poet Johann Sebastian Welhaven. Petersen who worked as a journalist and foreign correspondent has never been fully recognized by Danish literary historians though his work was respected by contemporary critics for its knowledge of and identifying with Antique cultures. His best known book is Kongeofret (1923, i.e. The Royal Sacrifice) with Oriental motifs, moreover his Columbus novel En Verden stiger af Havet (1935, i. e. A World Rises of the Sea) must also be mentioned.
It was noted, Petersen took a special interest in athletics and sport, as a curiosity it might be mentioned that he was a participant in the last Danish duel 1913. As the only Danish writer he thrice won Olympic silver medals of art for his prose-lyric tales with Antique Greek athletic motives Euryale
(1924), Argonauterne (Eng. The Argonauts
) (1932) and Den Olympiske Mester (eng. The Olympic Champion) (1948).
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
author, known for many novels with historical, often Antique or Medieval motifs written from 1910 to 1949.
Josef Peterson was the son of a vicar and was a maternal grandson of the Norwegian poet Johann Sebastian Welhaven. Petersen who worked as a journalist and foreign correspondent has never been fully recognized by Danish literary historians though his work was respected by contemporary critics for its knowledge of and identifying with Antique cultures. His best known book is Kongeofret (1923, i.e. The Royal Sacrifice) with Oriental motifs, moreover his Columbus novel En Verden stiger af Havet (1935, i. e. A World Rises of the Sea) must also be mentioned.
It was noted, Petersen took a special interest in athletics and sport, as a curiosity it might be mentioned that he was a participant in the last Danish duel 1913. As the only Danish writer he thrice won Olympic silver medals of art for his prose-lyric tales with Antique Greek athletic motives Euryale
Euryale
Euryale , in Greek mythology, was the second eldest one of the Gorgons, three vicious sisters with brass hands, sharp fangs, and hair of living, venomous snakes. She and her sister Stheno, unlike their sister, Medusa, were not able to turn any creature to stone with her gaze...
(1924), Argonauterne (Eng. The Argonauts
Argonauts
The Argonauts ) were a band of heroes in Greek mythology who, in the years before the Trojan War, accompanied Jason to Colchis in his quest to find the Golden Fleece. Their name comes from their ship, the Argo, which was named after its builder, Argus. "Argonauts", therefore, literally means...
) (1932) and Den Olympiske Mester (eng. The Olympic Champion) (1948).