Kristian Arentzen
Illustration — Kristian Arentzen Kristian August Emil Arentzen (10 November 1823 – 30 December 1899) was a Danish writer, literary historian and educator.
Also recorded as Kristian August Emil Arentzen
Kristian Arentzen
P. Hansen (1840-1905). Scan by Saddhiyama · Scan from the book "Fra yngre og ældre Dage" by Kristian Arenzten · Public domain
- Born
- 1823 · Copenhagen.
- Died
- 1899 · Frederiksberg.
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Denmark
- Occupation
- autobiographer · writer · poet · literary historian
- Honours
- Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog
- Languages
- Danish
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Illustration — Kristian Arentzen Kristian August Emil Arentzen (10 November 1823 – 30 December 1899) was a Danish writer, literary historian and educator.
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Kristian Arentzen (1823–1899) was a Danish autobiographer, literary historian and poet, among other activities. Born in Copenhagen, the autobiographer died in Frederiksberg.
Languages used include Danish. Kristian Arentzen received Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog.
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Arentzen was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. He was the son of Gunder August Arentzen and Marie Elisabeth Smidt. In 1841 he became a student of Det von Westenske Institut where he devoted himself to the study of Old Norse literature. In 1852 he received state support for a study trip to Iceland. He prepared for a master's conference in aesthetics, which he submitted in 1856. In 1861, he become assistant professor at Metropolitanskolen where he stayed until 1872. In 1879, he was appointed Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog. In 1857, he completed his first book of poetry Et Livsstadium followed by Digtsamling in 1862 and Ny Digtsamling in 1867. Arentzen undertook to depict the poetic age of Jens Baggesen (1764–1826), and Adam Oehlenschläger (1779–1850), a work he completed in eight volumes (Baggesen and Oehlenschläger - Litteraturhistoriske Studie, 1870–78).
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Kristian Arentzen is recorded as having received Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog.
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1823
Kristian Arentzen born at Copenhagen.
1899
Kristian Arentzen died at Frederiksberg.
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- 1.Uffe Andreasen. Kristian Arentzen. Dansk Biografisk Leksikon, Gyldendal. 17 July 2011.
- 2.Harry Haue. Metropolitanskolen. Den Store Danske, Gyldendal.
- 3.Baggesen, Jens (1764-1826). Salmonsens konversationsleksikon.
- 4.Adam Oehlenschläger (1779-1850). litteratursiden.dk.
- 5.Baggesen og Oehlenschläger, Literaturhistorisk studie.
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