- Harald Bergstedt
Harald Bergstedt (Harald Alfred Petersen,
Køge ,August 10 ,1877 -Copenhagen ,September 19 ,1965 ) was a Danish writer, novelist, playwright and a poet.Author of the genre and satire verses (collections: "Song of the province / Sange fra provinsen", 1913—1921; "Wide Wings", 1919; "Songs for all the Winds", 1927).
His social novel "Alexandersen" (1918) became a satire on a bourgeois culture.
His novel "Factory of the Saints" (1919, russian translation 1924) became a prototype for
Yakov Protazanov 's 1930 filmSt. Jorgens's Day — a satire on church and it's ministers hypocrisy.In 1946 was sentenced two years in prison for the "cooperation with Nazi".
In 1948 published a verses collection named "Songs in the Jail" with his thought on his life and works.
External links
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0075042/ Harald Bergstedt] at
IMDB
* [http://www.litteraturpriser.dk/aut/bh.htm Harald Bergstedt works]
* [http://www.cultinfo.ru/fulltext/1/001/008/110/276.htm short bio of Harald Bergstedt] quotingGreat Soviet Encyclopedia
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* [http://www.koegearkiv.dk/Content/Modules/nyheder/Vis;61?sMode=auto about Harald Bergstedt]
* [http://www.fredsakademiet.dk/abase/sange/sang32.htm "Danmarks børn lad sangen klinge"] , lyrics by Harald Bergstedt
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