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About Josef Petersen
- Josef Petersen (16 September 1881 – 22 November 1973) was a Danish author, known for many novels with historical motifs, often ancient or medieval, written from 1910 to 1949. Josef Peterson was the son of a vicar and was a maternal grandson of the Norwegian poet Johann Sebastian Welhaven.
- Petersen, who worked as a journalist and foreign correspondent, has never been fully recognized by Danish literary historians, though his work was respected by contemporary critics for its knowledge of and identifying with ancient cultures.
- His best known book is Kongeofret (1923, i.e.
- The Royal Sacrifice) with Asian motifs, and his Columbus novel En Verden stiger af Havet (1935, i.
- e.
- A World Rises from the Sea) is also notable. Petersen took a special interest in athletics and sport.
- He was a participant in the last Danish duel in 1913.
- He won three silver Olympic medals in art for his prose-lyric tales with Ancient Greek athletic themes: "Euryale" (1924), "Argonauterne" (Eng.
- "The Argonauts") (1932) and "Den Olympiske Mester" (eng.
- "The Olympic Champion") (1948).
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