Carsten Jensen Quotes

Carsten Jensen 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 , deal with knowledge of the world. For this novel he won the Danish booksellers award De Gyldne Laurbær in 1996. The year 2006 saw the publication of his novel Vi, de druknede , 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.In 2015, Den første sten 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 September 1, 2019.

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Salg, klasse og død, 1975

Sjælen sidder i øjet, 1985

På en mørkeræd klode, 1986

Souveniers fra 80'erne, 1988

Kannibalernes nadver, 1988

Jorden i munden, 1991

Af en astmatisk kritikers bekendelser, 1992

Forsømmelsernes bog, 1993

Jeg har set verden begynde, 1996

Jeg har hørt et stjerneskud, 1997

År to & tre, 1999

Oprøret mod tyngdeloven, 2001

Jorden rundt

Livet i Camp Eden

Det glemte folk – en rejse i Burmas grænseland

Vi, de druknede

Sidste rejse

Vi sejlede bare – virkeligheden bag Vi, de druknede

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Den første sten

Krigen der aldrig ender. News stories from Afghanistan. Co-author: Anders Hammer.

Kældermennesker.

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