Thorkild Hansen

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Thorkild Hansen (9 January 1927 – 4 February 1989) was a Danish novelist known for his Slave Trilogy. He also did works concerning Knut Hamsun and travel writing. In 1971 he won the Nordic Council's Literature Prize.[1] He is known as one of the best and most read novelists in Danish literature and had it not been for his premature death[2] he surely would have received many more accolades than bestowed upon him during his lifetime.

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  1. ^ Michigan State University author bio
  2. ^ He died during a voyage in the Caribbean; see Biografie (Den Store Danske).
  3. ^ Also published in English as North West to Hudson's Bay: The Life and Times of Jens Munk