Ingeborg Johansen
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Ingeborg Johansen | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 26, 1896 |
| Died | January 23, 1986 (aged 89) |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Father | Jens Christian Johansen |
| Relatives | Paul Johansen |
Ingeborg Johansen (September 26, 1896 – January 23, 1986) was a Danish writer. She also used the pseudonyms Harriet Holm and Helene Paider.[1]
Ingeborg Johansen was born in Riga, the second child of Jens Christian Johansen, a Danish engineer and consul general in the Baltics.[2][3] She was the sister of the historian Paul Johansen.[4] She attended primary school in Tallinn and completed secondary school in Denmark, and then she began university studies in literature and classical languages.[3]
Career
Under the name Harriet Holm, Johansen first published some short stories in the newspaper Sorø Amtstidende in 1916. The following year, her debut novel, Den røde Villa (The Red Villa), was published.[2]
Johansen translated Russian literature into Danish, especially the works of Ivan Turgenev.