Svend Borberg (April 8, 1888 – October 7, 1947) was a Danish author, playwright, editor and literary critic. He was the brother of N. C. Borberg and William Borberg and the father of

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. Borberg was born in 1888 in Copenhagen, to Thea Hofman-Schmith and Christian Borberg. His father was a physician and his mother's family were minor nobility in North Jutland. He graduated from the Metropolitan School in Copenhagen in 1907 and took philosophy the following year. He was made a Knight of the

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in 1938. Due to his suspected collaboration with the German authorities during the

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in World War II, Borberg was expelled from the Danish Dramatists' Guild, the Danish Writers Association and the

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. Svend Borberg's plays are preserved in the Drama Collection of the Royal Library. He died in Copenhagen and is buried at

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Works

*''Cirkus juris; or, The Siamese Twins. A Mind Game'', 1935. *''Sinner and Saint; Tragedy'', 1939. Performed at the

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with Thorkild Roose in the role of

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In literature

* Holger Jerrild, "Hos Svend Borberg", s. 216-225 i: ''

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'', 1935. * Ib Boye, ''Forfængelighedens pris : nærbillede af Svend Borberg, mellemkrigsårenes visionære kritiker'', Cicero 1988. . 1888 births 1947 deaths Writers from Copenhagen Danish male dramatists and playwrights 20th-century Danish dramatists and playwrights 20th-century Danish male writers Burials at Mariebjerg Cemetery {{Denmark-writer-stub