Aase Hansen (writer)
Danish educator, translator, writer
Aase Hansen (March 11, 1893 – February 9, 1981) was a Danish educator, translator, and writer. She was a recipient of the Tagea Brandt Rejselegat and the Drachmannlegatet awards.
Biography
The daughter of Frederik Carl Hansen, a merchant, and Mette Kirstine Pedersen, she was born in Frederiksværk. She was educated at Frederiksborg state school and then earned a degree in Danish, French and English from the University of Copenhagen in 1921. She taught high school for several years and also worked at the National Registry Office in Copenhagen. Hansen published two books Ebba Berings Studentertid ("The Academic Career of Ebba Berings") (1929) and Et Par Huse om en Station ("A Few Houses by a Station") (1930) before resigning from teaching in 1932 to write full time.
Her main characters are intelligent women who are conflicted between realizing their full potential and finding meaningful relationships. They are both liberated and imprisoned.
She was awarded the Tagea Brandt Rejselegat (Travel Scholarship) in 1948. In 1957, she received the Drachmannlegatet.
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