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Thoresen, Magdalene (1819 - 1903)

Short name Thoresen, Magdalene
VIAF http://viaf.org/viaf/25550020
First name Magdalene
Birth name Kragh
Married name Thoresen
Alternative name Anna Magdalena
Date of birth 1819
Date of death 1903
Flourishing -
Sex Female
Place of birth Fredericia
Place of death København
Lived in Norway , Denmark
Place of residence notes
Mother
Father
Children Ibsen, Suzannah
Religion / ideology Protestant
Education
Aristocratic title -
Professional or ecclesiastical title -
Thoresen, Hans Conrad 1843-1858 Widowed
Thoresen, Magdalene was ...
related to Ibsen, Henrik
related to Ibsen, Suzannah
Profession(s)
Memberships
Place(s) of Residence Norway , Denmark
Circulations of Thoresen, Magdalene, the person (for circulations of her works, see under each individual Work)
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Receptions of Thoresen, Magdalene, the person

For receptions of her works, see under each individual Work.

Title Author Date Type
*Art. on Magdalena Thoresen Amstel, C. van 1878 comments on person
Magdalene Thoresen Edsberg, Anna 1895 is biography of
*“Forfatterindene” [“Female authors”] [author male, various] [CREATE SEPARATE RECORDS] 1896 comments on person
Magdalene Thoresen Edsberg, Anna 1903 is obituary of
Magdalene Thoresen 1903 is obituary of
"Bøger - Kunst". Magdalene Thoresen: Romaner og Fortællinger i Folkeudgave "Books - Art". M.T. Novels and stories in new edition Unknown journalist (to be identified) 1903 -
Ludvig Grundtvig, portrait of Magdalene Thoresen, 18XX. None is portrait of

Cf.
- Broomans, in Writing the History 2001
- Norsk kvinnelitteraturhistorie. Bind 1. 1600-1900.

NOT MENTIONED IN:
- Buck, Guide to women's literature, 1992

To be checked - Siri Wuttudal

Born in Denmark as the daughter of skipper Thomas Nielsen Kragh and Anne Kirstine Pedersen. Studied to be a teacher in Copenhagen from 1840-42. In 1843 she married protestant minister of Sunnmøre (Norway), Hans Conrad Thoresen, and became stepmother to his 5 children. She had 4 children of her own. Henrik Ibsen was her son-in-law. As a widow she moved back to Copenhagen in 1862.

Described the eroticism of the female subject (Broomans, KNAW).
In the 1860s she was considered an avant-garde writer.

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KLK 1904