Background
Steen Steensen was born on 11 October in 1782.
Steen Steensen was born on 11 October in 1782.
Steen Steensen studied at the University of Copenhagen. He became a Candidate of theology.
Steen Steensen translated into Danish James Macpherson's Ossianic poems, Fingal, and then began to write his short stories, one of which, PræstenPrasten I Vejlby (1829; English translation, The Parson at Vejlby, 1945), is reported to have suggested, in part, the plot of Mark Twain's Tom Sawyer, Detective.
Blicher's life was filled with domestic and financial tragedies, and yet he succeeded in his attempt to recreate in literature the life of the Jutlanders, most startlingly so in E Bindstouw (1842; "The Knitting Bee"), written in the inimitable dialect of the region and replete with gaiety and pathos. As a poet he is remembered particularly for his collection of wistful lyrics, TrækfugleneTrakfuglene (1838; "Migratory Birds").