Quote of the day
I am tired, Beloved, of chafing my heart against the want of you; of squeezing it into little inkdrops, And posting it.
Jens Peter Jacobsen
Born: April 7, 1847
Died: April 30, 1885 (aged 38)
Bio: Jens Peter Jacobsen was a Danish novelist, poet, and scientist, in Denmark often just written as "J. P. Jacobsen". He began the naturalist movement in Danish literature and was a part of the Modern Breakthrough.
Known for:
- Niels Lyhne (1880)
- Mogens and Other Stories
- Mogens og andre noveller (1882)