Quote of the day
War is not its own end, except in some catastrophic slide into absolute damnation. It's peace that's wanted. Some better peace than the one you started with.
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)