Peter Seeberg (22 June 1925 – 8 January 1999) was a Danish

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novelist and playwright, inspired by the French

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s. He made his literary debut in 1956 with the novel ''Bipersonerne''. He was born in Skrydstrup in

Haderslev Municipality Haderslev Municipality (, ) is a town and municipality on the east coast of the Jutland peninsula in the Region of Southern Denmark. It includes the island of Årø as well as several other smaller islands in the Little Belt. The municipality cov ...

Peter Seeberg graduated from Haderslev Cathedral school in 1943 and pursued an education as an archaeologist. Together with his authorship he was a museum custodian in Viborg. Seeberg graduated with a Magister Artium (The Artists Teacher) in 1951 from

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, with a concentration on

Friedrich Nietzsche Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (15 October 1844 – 25 August 1900) was a German philosopher. He began his career as a classical philology, classical philologist, turning to philosophy early in his academic career. In 1869, aged 24, Nietzsche bec ...

. Seeberg's own life mirrored Nietzsche's life; they both had distant mothers and both their fathers died early. Seeberg's own father was also an author and was a missionary priest. Seeberg's entire family was Christian and according to Seeberg's own journal, was centered on a jealous and vengeful God. He was awarded the

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in 1983 for the short story collection '' Om fjorten dage'' ("In Fourteen Days").

Awards

1983

References

1925 births 1999 deaths Danish male novelists Nordic Council Literature Prize winners Recipients of the Grand Prize of the Danish Academy 20th-century Danish novelists 20th-century Danish dramatists and playwrights Danish male dramatists and playwrights 20th-century Danish male writers People from Viborg Municipality People from Haderslev Municipality {{Denmark-writer-stub