For the Danish judoka, see Carsten Jensen (judoka).
Carsten Jensen
Jensen at the 2010 Oslo Book Festival
Born
(1952-07-24) 24 July 1952 (age 71) Marstal, Denmark
Occupation
Author, political columnist
Years active
1975–present
Spouse
Liz Jensen
Carsten Jensen (born 24 July 1952[1]) is a Danish author and political columnist. He first earned recognition as a literary critic for the Copenhagen daily, Politiken. His novels, including I Have Seen the World Begin (1996), deal with knowledge of the world. For this novel he won the Danish booksellers award De Gyldne Laurbær (The Golden Laurel) in 1996.[2] The year 2006 saw the publication of his novel Vi, de druknede (We, the Drowned), a chronicle about the birth of modern Denmark, seen through the history of his hometown Marstal.
In 2009, he was awarded the Olof Palme Prize. In 2012 he was awarded the Søren Gyldendal Prize.[3]
In 2015, Den første sten (The First Stone) appeared, a monumental novel about the experiences of a group of Danish soldiers who have volunteered for service in Afghanistan. Through their eyes, we are presented with a wide and disturbing panorama of the war in Afghanistan. As of March 2018, the novel has been translated into German, Der erste Stein, as well as into Norwegian and Swedish. The English translation was released on 1 September 2019.
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partners: Mette Baarup, Eric Engström, Viktor Ahnfelt, Emil Carstens, Birgitte Gade Ernst, CarstenJensen, Heidi Hjort Thuesen. Arkitema has designed a broad...
Inge Eriksen 2000 Thomas Boberg 1999 Niels Frank 1998 Bo Green Jensen 1997 CarstenJensen 1996 Peter Poulsen 1995 Erik Stinus 1994 Elias Bredsdorff 1993...
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of Denmark 8 July – Knud Arne Jürgensen, music historian 24 July – CarstenJensen, author 14 August – Jeanette Oppenheim, lawyer and politician 21 September...
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