Godfred Hartmann (born 24 July 1913 in Copenhagen and died there on 7 February 2001
) was a Danish novelist and editor. He was married to writer and art historian
Sys Hartmann.
Biography
Hartmann was educated as an editor in Copenhagen at
Gyldendal
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, as well as in
London
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,
New York
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Film and television
* '' ...
and
Stockholm. Thereafter he took over the Danish publishing house
Thaning & Appel together with
Niels Helweg-Larsen. In his book ''I delfinens tegn'', Godfred Hartmann describes with humour his 26 years with Thaning & Appel. The edition of the eighteenth century erotic novel
Fanny Hill
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of
John Cleland
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led to a seminal court case brought against him and the editing house which he won before the Supreme Court. In 1968, he left Thaning & Appel and became editor at Gyldendal until 1980.
As a novelist, Godfred Hartmann started in 1963 and wrote numerous entertaining memoirs and history books which have become very popular in Denmark.
Godfred Hartmann was sixth generation in the Danish
Hartmann Hartmann is a Germanic and Ashkenazi Jewish surname. It is less frequently used as a male given name. The name originates from the Germanic word, "hart", which translates in English to "hardy", "hard", or "tough" and "Mann", a suffix meaning "man", ...
family of artists. His grand-daughter is director
Frederikke Aspöck
Frederikke Aspöck is a Danish film director. She is a granddaughter of Godfred Hartmann.
She graduated in Set Design from the Wimbledon School of Art in London, then in 2004 obtained a master's degree in filmmaking from New York University's ...
.
Works
* ''Også en slags rejsende'' (1963)
* ''Sig nu pænt goddag'' (1974)
* ''De må gerne sige du'' (1976)
* ''Christian'' (1977 – On the life of
Christian IV
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)
* ''Genbrug'' (1978)
* ''Nordsjællandsrejsen'' (1978)
* ''Kongens børn'' (1981 – On the children of Christian IV, with a particular emphasis on
Leonora Christina)
* ''Til London'' (1982)
* ''Henne om hjørnet'' – og andre uhøjtidelige beretninger om rejser og strejftog (1984)
* ''Urania'' (1989 – On
Tyge Brahe
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)
* ''Der er nok at se til'' (1990)
* ''Gode Dronning'' (1993 – On
Sophie Magdalene, queen consort of the Swedish King
Gustaf III
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Gustav was a vocal opponent of what h ...
)
* ''Hilsen fra min kuglepen'' (1994)
* ''I delfinens tegn'' (1996)
* ''Med ledsager'' (1998)
References
Sources
his entry is largely a translation of the Danish version of Wikipedia
* Godfred Hartmann, in ''Dansk Biografisk Leksikon,'' 3rd edition, 1979-84: volume 6
* http://www.litteratursiden.dk/sw3571.asp
* http://www.dbb.dk/Service/Lyd_og_Punkt_02_04.asp#lop4
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1913 births
2001 deaths
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