Quote of the day
Like stones rolling down hills, fair ideas reach their objectives despite all obstacles and barriers. It may be possible to speed or hinder them, but impossible to stop them.
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)