Christian Peter Georg Kampmann (24 July 1939 – 13 September 1988) was a Danish writer and journalist who was born in
Hellerup
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. His novels are mainly about the middle and upper classes in the post war time and until the 1980s. The books are mainly about people who has some problems finding their place in the world and their feelings, e.g. homosexuality. Kampmann was
bisexual
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himself, and was married to piano player Therese Herman Koppel for many years and had two children.
Kampmann was involved in the Danish
Gay Liberation Front
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from 1975 and he was editor of the journal Sexual Policy from 1975 to 1978. In 1988, he was killed at his beach house on
Læsø
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by his cohabitant and lover, Danish author Jens Michael Schau. The murder was profiled in
Jonas Poher Rasmussen
Jonas Poher Rasmussen (born 19 May 1981) is a Danish filmmaker. In 2021, he wrote and directed the animated documentary '' Flee,'' that received three nominations for the Best Documentary Feature, Best International Film and Best Animated Fea ...
's 2015 film ''What He Did (Det han gjorde)''.
[Willemien Sanders]
"How to tell what he did"
''Modern Times Review'', November 25, 2016.
Books
* ''
Blandt venner'' (1962), Short story collection
* ''
Al den snak om lykke'' (1963), his first novel
* ''
Ly'' (1965), Short story collection
* ''
Sammen'' (1967), novel
* ''
Uden navn'' (1969), novel
* ''
Nærved og næsten'' (1969), novel
* ''
Vi elsker mere'' (1970), Short story collection
* ''
Pinde til en skønskrivers ligkiste'' (1971)
* ''
En tid alene'' (1972), novel
* ''
Familien Gregersen-sagaen'':
** ''Visse hensyn'' (1973)
** ''Faste forhold'' (1974)
** ''Rene linjer'' (spring 1975)
** ''Andre måder'' (fall 1974)
* ''
Fornemmelser'', trilogy:
** ''Fornemmelser'' (1977)
** ''Videre trods alt'' (1979)
** ''I glimt'' (1980)
* ''
Skilles og mødes'' (1992), novel released after his death
References
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1939 births
1988 deaths
Bisexual male writers
Bisexual novelists
Bisexual journalists
Danish bisexual men
Danish bisexual writers
Danish LGBTQ novelists
Danish LGBTQ journalists
Danish murder victims
20th-century Danish male writers
20th-century Danish journalists
20th-century Danish LGBTQ people