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Martin Andersen Nexø

Martin Andersen Nexø, Danish journalist and author (died 1954)

Born
June 26, 1869
Died
June 1, 1954
Zodiac sign
Cancer
Birth year
1869

About Martin Andersen Nexø

Martin Andersen Nexø (26 June 1869 – 1 June 1954) was a Danish writer. He was one of the authors in the Modern Breakthrough movement or more precisely "Det Folkelige Gennembrud" - the popular breakthrough - 1890s-1920, a movement dominated by writers from a shallow social background (in Danish art and literature. He was a socialist throughout his life and during the Second World War moved to the Soviet Union, and afterwards to Dresden in East Germany. However, Nexø was never a doctrinate Marxist - his perspective primarily dominated by social outrage combined with humanism and even religious idealism.

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Career and life highlights

Martin Andersen Nexø timeline

  1. Born: June 26, 1869
  2. Died: June 1, 1954

The world when Martin Andersen Nexø was born

Martin Andersen Nexø was born in 1869. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1869

  • Best-selling bookWar and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineTranscontinental Railroad completed at Promontory Summit
  • Technology milestoneSuez Canal opens
  • World population~1.49B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderUlysses S. Grant
  • U.S. population35.6M

1869 versus 2026

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Measure18692026
Population35.6M341 million

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