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Carsten Jensen

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July 24, 1952 in Marstal, Denmark

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Literature & Fiction

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Carsten Jensen was born 1952. He first made his name as a columnist and literary critic for the Copenhagen daily Politiken, and has written novels, essays and travel books.

Jensen was awarded the Golden Laurels for "I Have Seen the World Begin" and the Danske Banks Litteraturpris, Denmark’s most prestigious literary award, for "We, the Drowned."

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Average rating: 4.08 · 792 ratings · 188 reviews · 18 distinct works

	We, the Drowned by Carsten Jensen, Charlotte Barslund (Translator), Liz Jensen (Translator) 4.16 avg rating — 689 ratings — published 2006 — 23 editions	My rating:
	I Have Seen the World Begin: Travels through China, Cambodia, and Vietnam by Carsten Jensen, Barbara Haveland (Translator) 3.60 avg rating — 57 ratings — published 1996 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Jeg har hørt et stjerneskud 4.07 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1997	My rating:
	År To & Tre 3.12 avg rating — 8 ratings	My rating:
	Sista resan 3.00 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2007 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Earth in the Mouth: A Story by Carsten Jensen, Anne Born 3.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1994	My rating:
	Opr&#X F8;Ret Mod Tyngdeloven: Essays 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings	My rating:
	Ud 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Af en astmatisk kritikers bekendelser: et essay 2.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1992	My rating:
	Rasmussens Letzte Reise Roman by Carsten Jensen, Ulrich Sonnenberg (Translator) 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2010	My rating:

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“Life had taught him about something far more complicated than justice. Its name was balance.”
― Carsten Jensen, We, the Drowned

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“Freedom had a thousand faces. But so did crime. The thought of what a man might do made me dizzy.”
― Carsten Jensen, We, the Drowned

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“Even terror needs a yardstick, and surely the yardstick for the unknown is the known?”
― Carsten Jensen, We, the Drowned

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