Thor Lange

Thor Næve Lange ( born April 9, 1851 in Copenhagen, † February 22, 1915 ) was a Danish writer and translator.

Lange studied from 1869 to 1874 Classical Philology. He went as a Latin and Greek teacher, 1875, St. Petersburg, a year later to Moscow. He married in 1883 a Russian nobleman and was incorporated in 1889 even in the Russian nobility. But he kept his Danish citizenship, always maintained close contacts with his homeland and was temporarily Danish consul in Russia.

In addition to Greek tragedies translated Lange popular poetry from Russian, but also from other European languages ​​into Danish (Fa fremmede land, 1876; Nogle Folkewiser, 1878; gennem farvwet Glass, 1894; Nocturner, 1897). His translation of the song Igor (1888 ) inspired composers such as Peter Heise and Peter Erasmus Lange-Müller. In addition, he also translated the works of contemporary authors such as Longfellow's The golden legend and poems Nikolaus Lenau.

His travel experiences and adventures he published in reports such as Rusland (1882 ), En Maaned i Orients and I Danske Farver (1887 ) and portraits as A. Tolstoy ( 1894). His own poems have appeared inter alia in the volumes Fjerne Melodier (1902 ), Strengespil (1906 ), I Danske Farver (1907 ) and Udvalgte Digte (1915 ).

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  • Salmonsens konversationsleksikon Volume XV. S. 409 f
  • Den Store Danske - Thor Lange
  • Kendtes Gravsted - Thor Næve Long
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  • Born in 1851
  • Died in 1915
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