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English translation of the Nobel-winning The Long Journey (Danish: Den Lange Rejse), a series of six novels by Danish author Johannes V. Jensen, written between 1908 and 1922. The books deal with the authors theories on evolution, back-dropped against a description of humanity from pre-Ice Age up to the voyage of Christopher Columbus. The work is fictional, weaving in Jensen's stylistic mythic prose with his personal views on Darwinian evolutionary theory. It was originally published in 6 volumes. In the three-volume English edition, translated by Arthur G. Chater, books 1 & 2 fall under the title "Fire And Ice", books 3 & 4 are called "The Cimbrians", and 5 & 6 as "Christopher Columbus".
The novel was cited as a reason for Jensen receiving the Nobel Prize in literature in 1944.(Wikipedia)
The novel was cited as a reason for Jensen receiving the Nobel Prize in literature in 1944.(Wikipedia)
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Subject: related material
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If you are interested in this Nobel prize winning work (my god, who wouldn't be!?), you might also find this translation of Jensen's poetry expertly translated by Pulitzer prize winning poet Robert Hillyer https://archive.org/details/bookofdanishvers00friiiala/page/n8/mode/2up.
NYT has a longwinded 1923 review by Allen W. Porterfield titled, "Creative Genius of a Scandanavian Novelist" (Feb 25 1923).
NYT has a longwinded 1923 review by Allen W. Porterfield titled, "Creative Genius of a Scandanavian Novelist" (Feb 25 1923).
