Aksel Sandemose
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Key facts
- Born
- Axel Nielsen , ( 1899-03-19 ) 19 March 1899, Nykøbing Mors , Denmark
- Died
- 6 August 1965 (1965-08-06) (aged 66), Copenhagen , Denmark
- Occupation
- Writer
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Axel
- Family name
- Nielsen
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Danish Realm
- Place of birth
- Nykøbing Mors
- Place of death
- Copenhagen
- Occupation
- journalist
- Languages spoken
- Norwegian
- Notable work
- A Fugitive Crosses His Tracks
- Image
- Aksel Sandemose 1934.jpg
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- subject has role
- refugee
- name in native language
- Aksel Sandemose
- date of birth
- 1899-03-19
- date of death
- 1965-08-05
- place of burial
- Vestre gravlund
- birth name
- Axel Nielsen
- Commons category
- Aksel Sandemose
- nominated for
- Nobel Prize in Literature
- ethnic group
- Norwegians
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Encyclopedic overview
Aksel Sandemose (originally Axel Nielsen; 19 March 1899 – 6 August 1965) was a Danish-Norwegian writer whose works frequently elucidate the theme that the repressions of society lead to violence.
Biography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Aksel Sandemose” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.