Apr 20, 2020
Herman Bang (April 20, 1857 - 1912) was a Danish prose writer, considered degenerate by his contemporaries because of his decadent themes and homosexual orientation, but revered by later generations of critics and readers as a great prose stylist. His stories of ‘quiet existences’ include novels and novellas such as Ved Vejen (By the Road), Tine (Tina), and Stuk (Stucco).
He was so vilified by the Danish press and fellow writers such as Hamsun and Johannes V. Jensen that he chose to live abroad most of his life. He died on a reading tour of the US, having fallen seriously ill on the train to Ogden, Utah...