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Johan Skjoldborg (27 April 1861 – 22 February 1936) was a Danish educator,
Johan Skjoldborg (27 April 1861 – 22 February 1936) was a Danish educator, novelist
A novelist is an author or writer of novels, though often novelists also write in other genres of both fiction and non-fiction. Some novelists are professional novelists, thus make a living wage, living writing novels and other fiction, while othe ...
, playwright
A playwright or dramatist is a person who writes plays.
Etymology
The word "play" is from Middle English pleye, from Old English plæġ, pleġa, plæġa ("play, exercise; sport, game; drama, applause"). The word "wright" is an archaic English ...
and memoirist.
Biography
Johan Martinus Nielsen Skjoldborg was born in the parish of Øsløs inThisted
Thisted is a town in the municipality of Thisted in the North Denmark Region of Denmark. It has a population of 13,461 (1 January 2022)Jutland
Jutland ( da, Jylland ; german: Jütland ; ang, Ēota land ), known anciently as the Cimbric or Cimbrian Peninsula ( la, Cimbricus Chersonesus; da, den Kimbriske Halvø, links=no or ; german: Kimbrische Halbinsel, links=no), is a peninsula of ...
, Denmark.
He was educated in Nibe
Nibe is a town with a population of 5,433 (1 January 2022),Ranum. He was employed as a school teacher until he resigned in 1902. In his later years he lived in a house which was donated to him in Løgstør. Johan Skjoldborg's childhood home in Øsløs was opened as a museum in 1961 on the centenary of his birth.
Among his works are the novel ''En Stridsmand'' from 1896, the play ''Slægten'' from 1925, and the two volumes ''Min Mindebog'' from 1934/1935.
Skjoldborgs Hus website
1861 births 1936 deaths People from Thisted Municipality Danish educators 19th-century Danish memoirists 19th-century male writers 20th-century Danish memoirists Danish male novelists Danish male dramatists and playwrights 19th-century Danish dramatists and playwrights 19th-century Danish novelists 20th-century Danish novelists 20th-century Danish male writers 20th-century Danish dramatists and playwrights {{Denmark-writer-stub
References
Further reading
*External links
*Skjoldborgs Hus website
1861 births 1936 deaths People from Thisted Municipality Danish educators 19th-century Danish memoirists 19th-century male writers 20th-century Danish memoirists Danish male novelists Danish male dramatists and playwrights 19th-century Danish dramatists and playwrights 19th-century Danish novelists 20th-century Danish novelists 20th-century Danish male writers 20th-century Danish dramatists and playwrights {{Denmark-writer-stub