Jensen, Thit (1876–1957)
Jensen, Thit (1876–1957)
Danish novelist and lecturer. Name variations: Thit Jensen Fenger. Born Maria Kirstine Dorothea "Thit" Jensen, Jan 19, 1876, at Farsø in Northern Jutland, Denmark; died May 14, 1957, in Bagsvaerd; had 10 sisters and brothers, including Johannes V. Jensen (1873–1950, Nobel Prize-winning novelist); m. Gustav Fenger, 1912.
Became renowned lecturer on motherhood and contraception; novels, which often feature female protagonists torn between work and love, include To Søstre (1903), Gerd (1918), Aphrodite fra Fuur (1925) and Stygge Krumpen (1936).
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NATIONALITY: Australian
GENRE: Fiction, nonfiction, drama
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