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Pelle Erobreren
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Martin Andersen Nexø (1869-1954) was a Danish writer. He was the first author to write about the working class and the first great Danish communist writer. He was born to a large family in a very poor area of Copenhagen, Denmark. After a short career as a worker, he attended a folk high school; later, he worked as a journalist. In the mid-1890s he travelled in Southern Europe, and his book Soldage (1903) is largely based on those travels. Probably his best known and most translated book is Pelle Erobreren (Pelle the Conqueror), the last volume of which was completed in 1910. His other great work was Ditte Menneskebarn (1917-21), a hailing of the working woman and her selfsacrifice as a mother of others. The much debated Midt i en Jærntid, 1929, (i. e. In an Iron Age, eng. transl. In God's Land) satirises the Danish farmers of World War I. During his last years he wrote a (never fulfilled) trilogy (Morten hin Røde, Den fortabte generation, Jeanette 1944-56) which was partly a continuation of Pelle the Conqueror, partly a masked autobiography.
Martin Andersen Nexø (1869-1954) was a Danish writer. He was the first author to write about the working class and the first great Danish communist writer. He was born to a large family in a very poor area of Copenhagen, Denmark. After a short career as a worker, he attended a folk high school; later, he worked as a journalist. In the mid-1890s he travelled in Southern Europe, and his book Soldage (1903) is largely based on those travels. Probably his best known and most translated book is Pelle Erobreren (Pelle the Conqueror), the last volume of which was completed in 1910. His other great work was Ditte Menneskebarn (1917-21), a hailing of the working woman and her selfsacrifice as a mother of others. The much debated Midt i en Jærntid, 1929, (i. e. In an Iron Age, eng. transl. In God's Land) satirises the Danish farmers of World War I. During his last years he wrote a (never fulfilled) trilogy (Morten hin Røde, Den fortabte generation, Jeanette 1944-56) which was partly a continuation of Pelle the Conqueror, partly a masked autobiography.
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Martin Andersen Nexø
183 books17 followersMartin Andersen Nexø was born to a large family (the fourth of eleven children) in an impoverished district of Copenhagen. In 1877, his family moved to Nexø, and he adopted the name of this town as his last name. Having been an industrial worker before, Nexø he attended a folk high school and later worked as a journalist. He spent the mid-1890s travelling in Southern Europe, and his book Soldage (1903) (English: Days in the Sun) is largely based on those travels. Like many of his literary contemporaries, including Johannes Vilhelm Jensen, Nexø was at first heavily influenced by fin-de-siécle pessimism, but gradually turned to a more extroverted view, joining the Social Democratic movement and later the Communist Party of Denmark; his later books reflect his political support of the Soviet Union.
Pelle Erobreren (English: Pelle the Conqueror), published in four volumes 1906-1910, is his best-known work and the one most translated. Its first section was made the subject of the DDR-FS movie Pelle der Eroberer in 1986[1] and the movie Pelle Erobreren in 1987. Ditte Menneskebarn (English: Ditte, Child of Man), written from 1917 to 1921, praises the working woman for her self-sacrifice, and a Danish film version of the first part of the book was released in 1946 as Ditte, Child of Man. The much debated Midt i en Jærntid (i.e. "In an Iron Age", English: In God's Land), written in 1929, satirises the Danish farmers of World War I. During his latter years, 1944 to 1956, Nexø wrote but did not complete a trilogy consisting of the books Morten hin Røde (English: Morten the Red), Den fortabte generation (English: The Lost Generation), and Jeanette. This was ostensibly a continuation of Pelle the Conqueror, but also a masked autobiography.
Danish police arrested Nexø in 1941 during Denmark's occupation by the Nazis, for his communist affiliation. Upon his release, he traveled to neutral Sweden and then to the Soviet Union, where he made broadcasts to Nazi-occupied Denmark and Norway. After World War II, Nexø moved to Dresden in East Germany, where he was made an honorary citizen. The Martin-Andersen-Nexø-Gymnasium high school in Dresden was named after him. His international reputation as one the greatest European social writers grew, especially, but not exclusively, in socialist countries.[citation needed]
Nexø died in Dresden in 1954 and was interred in the Assistens Kirkegård in the Nørrebro neighbourhood of Copenhagen. A minor planet, 3535 Ditte, discovered by Soviet astronomer Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh in 1979, is named after the main character in his novel Ditte, Child of Man. [2]
Pelle Erobreren (English: Pelle the Conqueror), published in four volumes 1906-1910, is his best-known work and the one most translated. Its first section was made the subject of the DDR-FS movie Pelle der Eroberer in 1986[1] and the movie Pelle Erobreren in 1987. Ditte Menneskebarn (English: Ditte, Child of Man), written from 1917 to 1921, praises the working woman for her self-sacrifice, and a Danish film version of the first part of the book was released in 1946 as Ditte, Child of Man. The much debated Midt i en Jærntid (i.e. "In an Iron Age", English: In God's Land), written in 1929, satirises the Danish farmers of World War I. During his latter years, 1944 to 1956, Nexø wrote but did not complete a trilogy consisting of the books Morten hin Røde (English: Morten the Red), Den fortabte generation (English: The Lost Generation), and Jeanette. This was ostensibly a continuation of Pelle the Conqueror, but also a masked autobiography.
Danish police arrested Nexø in 1941 during Denmark's occupation by the Nazis, for his communist affiliation. Upon his release, he traveled to neutral Sweden and then to the Soviet Union, where he made broadcasts to Nazi-occupied Denmark and Norway. After World War II, Nexø moved to Dresden in East Germany, where he was made an honorary citizen. The Martin-Andersen-Nexø-Gymnasium high school in Dresden was named after him. His international reputation as one the greatest European social writers grew, especially, but not exclusively, in socialist countries.[citation needed]
Nexø died in Dresden in 1954 and was interred in the Assistens Kirkegård in the Nørrebro neighbourhood of Copenhagen. A minor planet, 3535 Ditte, discovered by Soviet astronomer Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh in 1979, is named after the main character in his novel Ditte, Child of Man. [2]
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October 18, 2023Jeg er endnu ikke sikker på, hvor mange stjerner denne danske klassiker skal have. Jeg læste Del 1 første gang for år siden og faldt for den søde, håbefulde dreng Pelle. Ved genlæsningen af bogen er det fortsat relationen mellem den stærke og håbefulde søn og hans gamle, fattige Far-Lasse der står stærkest. Jeg kan ikke pege på præcis hvorfor, men noget i måden bogen er skrevet på overbeviste mig ikke. Måske skyldes det det noget omfangsrige persongalleri, som ikke altid følges til dørs.
Den højstemte, næsten poetiske lovsang til kommunismen er en præmis allerede et par sider inde i værket. Det må man indstille sig på, for det er de briller Nexø betragter og fortolker verden gennem. Alligevel kan jeg ikke lade være med at sammenholde hans forfatterskab med f.eks. Hans Kirk, som jeg dog synes lykkes bedre med at forene sit kommunistiske livssyn med dyb indsigt og empati for mennesker.
Nexø er til tider så ideologisk i sin skildring af andre skæbner, at det næsten bliver for nemt at forholde sig til, hvilke karakterer i bogen man bør have sympati for, og hvilke man ikke bør. Det er en tryg og tilfredsstillende modstilling mellem god og ond, men som i min optik stiller lidt for få krav til læseren.
Det bedste ved bogen er forfatterens eminente evne til at skildre barnets ukuelige optimisme og godhed. Det er ømt, hudløst ærligt samt meget rørende, og det er romanens force.
Den højstemte, næsten poetiske lovsang til kommunismen er en præmis allerede et par sider inde i værket. Det må man indstille sig på, for det er de briller Nexø betragter og fortolker verden gennem. Alligevel kan jeg ikke lade være med at sammenholde hans forfatterskab med f.eks. Hans Kirk, som jeg dog synes lykkes bedre med at forene sit kommunistiske livssyn med dyb indsigt og empati for mennesker.
Nexø er til tider så ideologisk i sin skildring af andre skæbner, at det næsten bliver for nemt at forholde sig til, hvilke karakterer i bogen man bør have sympati for, og hvilke man ikke bør. Det er en tryg og tilfredsstillende modstilling mellem god og ond, men som i min optik stiller lidt for få krav til læseren.
Det bedste ved bogen er forfatterens eminente evne til at skildre barnets ukuelige optimisme og godhed. Det er ømt, hudløst ærligt samt meget rørende, og det er romanens force.
September 1, 2017
A Danish "classic" maybe. Not certain if it is considered as such but it does seem to have the characteristics of what would make it a classic. Spread out over 4 "books" in the translation I have in 2 volumes, the story is of Pelle, a person of humble origins. We meet Pelle as a child as his father, Lasse, and he disembark in a foreign land looking for a new start after Pelle's mother dies. Over 1,000 plus pages we see Pelle grow, learn, have set backs, and, eventually, become a bit of a success on his own terms. The style reminds me of Russian lit in some ways - particularly in that there is no rush to get on with the story. Some parts go on longer than they need to but it isn't dull. The book also reminds me of Jan Troell's films The Emigrants and The New Land in that the pacing is similar but Pelle doesn't go to America, just to Copenhagen where he meets up with unionists and fights for the working man's rights.
July 7, 2017
Nexøs mesterværk er en mursten. Det kræver en indsats at komme ind i sproget, der trods alt har 100 år på bagen, og de fire bøger er til tider langtrukne. Men det er arbejdet værd. Ord for ord bliver man draget ind i en fortælling om ikke bare Pelle, men hele arbejderklassen i en af Danmarks- og verdenshistoriens mest skelsættende tider. Det er en bog, der giver svar - på spørgsmål om fattigdommens årsager, velfærdssamfundets grundlag, ideologiernes tiltrækningskraft - men som i al anden god litteratur uddeler endnu flere spørgsmål. Hvad er egentlig løsningen på samfundets problemer? Hvad er vigtigst, individet eller gruppen? Hvad er det gode liv? Hvis jeg skulle vælge bare én dansk roman (af dem jeg har læst indtil nu), ville Pelle Erobreren blive mit valg.
December 16, 2014
Barndom 3/5
Læreår 3/5
Læreår 3/5
September 4, 2014
Den bedste roman jeg nogensinde har læst!
September 16, 2022
En ganske mektig 'arbeider' roman (sosiale kår på den tid og lignende). Anbefales.
January 7, 2023
Historien forteller om lille Pelle og faren som ankommer et slavehandel-lignende marked i Danmark. Der blir de plukket sist og må ta til takke med en heller ussel fremtid.
Usselt fortsetter det også når Peller vokser opp og prøver seg som skomaker. Han går derfor inn i rollen som politisk agitator. Sterkt misfornøyd med mangel på regulering av arbeidslivet angriper han den personlige friheten, som riktignok er begrenset til å kunne velge mellom å dø av kulde eller av matmangel.
På mange måter er Pelle Erobreren det motsatte av Ayn Rands Atlas Shrugged. Sistnevnte har jeg blant annet ikke lest, som jo er rimelig motsatte av å lese en bok to ganger. Ulikhetene går også noe utover dette, og en kan jo undres hva det hadde blitt ut av Torbjørn Isaksen, Sylvi Listhaug og Siv Jensen om de hadde valgt å lese en annen bok i ungdomsårene.
Så mens en undrer seg over om Pelle Erobreren er en typisk terningkast fem eller terningkast seks bok, kan en stikke nedom garasjen og sette DeLorean-en til lading.
Usselt fortsetter det også når Peller vokser opp og prøver seg som skomaker. Han går derfor inn i rollen som politisk agitator. Sterkt misfornøyd med mangel på regulering av arbeidslivet angriper han den personlige friheten, som riktignok er begrenset til å kunne velge mellom å dø av kulde eller av matmangel.
På mange måter er Pelle Erobreren det motsatte av Ayn Rands Atlas Shrugged. Sistnevnte har jeg blant annet ikke lest, som jo er rimelig motsatte av å lese en bok to ganger. Ulikhetene går også noe utover dette, og en kan jo undres hva det hadde blitt ut av Torbjørn Isaksen, Sylvi Listhaug og Siv Jensen om de hadde valgt å lese en annen bok i ungdomsårene.
Så mens en undrer seg over om Pelle Erobreren er en typisk terningkast fem eller terningkast seks bok, kan en stikke nedom garasjen og sette DeLorean-en til lading.
December 15, 2022
Of all the Danish books I have read in translation this has to be one of my favourites. The characters and stories are so vivid and colourful, they really live. Nexø comes across as generous writer and clearly had a lot of affection for them. His attitude to women is a bit questionable.
September 15, 2015
I have only read part one (so far). Thought it was great. Probably an accurate portrait of poor peasants in Scandinavia. Great insight into human nature.
March 16, 2024
Let læst hvilket er imponerende i forhold til alderen. Nogenlunde underholdne men ikke noget jeg er blevet klogere af at læse.
July 28, 2024
Barndom og Læreår har det hele, Den store kamp er dræbende kedsommelig og dogmatisk, Gryet samler fint trådene til sidst.
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