Ingeborg Johansen


Ingeborg Johansen was a Danish writer. She also used the pseudonyms Harriet Holm and Helene Paider.

Early life and education

Ingeborg Johansen was born in Riga, the second child of Jens Christian Johansen, a Danish engineer and consul general in the Baltics. She was the sister of the historian Paul Johansen. She attended primary school in Tallinn and completed secondary school in Denmark, and then she began university studies in literature and classical languages.

Career

Under the name Harriet Holm, Johansen first published some short stories in the newspaper in 1916. The following year, her debut novel, Den røde Villa, was published.
Johansen translated Russian literature into Danish, especially the works of Ivan Turgenev.

Works

  • Den røde Villa, novel, 1917
  • Satan, novel, 1919
  • Det forheksede Land, novel trilogy, 1944–1946:
  • *Familien paa Lipfer
  • *Dimitri Falen
  • *Edith
  • De lyksalige øer. Digte og prosa, 1952
  • Uvirkelighedens faser, novel, 1967
  • Fra arken til det nye land, novel, 1969
  • Manden med noderullen, novel, 1971
  • Joaweski, novel, 1972
  • Fru Teil i Tallinn, novel, 1974
  • En periode med Paulette, novel, 1976
  • "Unge piger", a story in the collection Når mænd elsker mænd og kvinder elsker kvinder. 160 års danske fortællinger om bøsser og lesbiske, 2003

Awards