Jeppe aakjaer
Aakjaer, 1866 – Jenle, 1930) Danish novelist and poet. Belonging to a peasant family, rigid practitioner of Pietism, in his youth he alternated working in the fields with attending popular school, where he was influenced by the Grundtvigian interpretation of Christianity. He himself narrates episodes of his childhood and youth in Years of childhood ( Drenge Aaar ), Adolescence ( Knøseaar ) and Before the day ( Før … Read more