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Albert Theodor Gnudtzmann
1865–1912
A Danish novelist, playwright, and newspaper critic, he moved from law into literary life and wrote fiction that mixed sharp social observation with an easy, readable touch. His career was brief, but he left behind novels, plays, reviews, and early film work that show how active he was in the culture of his time.
3 Audiobooks
Det stille Vand: En Fortælling om Ungdom
by Albert Theodor Gnudtzmann
Keveä kesäinen tarina
by Albert Theodor Gnudtzmann
Eyes that cannot see : A play in one act
by Albert Theodor Gnudtzmann
About the author
Born in Humble on Langeland on June 3, 1865, Albert Theodor Gnudtzmann studied at Viborg and earned a law degree in 1888. He first worked in the Danish Ministry of Finance, but in 1896 he left government service to become a literary and theater editor, writing for newspapers including Nationaltidende, and later Vort Land and Riget.
He made his debut as a writer in the 1890s. Sources describe him as both a novelist and dramatist, and his known works include the play Peter Stens Arvinger and novels such as Idealister, Det stille Vand, and Matts Brilles Herregaard. He also published criticism and took part in the wider literary world around writers such as Henrik Pontoppidan.
Gnudtzmann died in Copenhagen on October 23, 1912, at just 47 years old. Even so, his work gives a lively glimpse of Danish literary culture at the turn of the twentieth century, especially where journalism, theater, fiction, and the very early film world met.