Helene Johanne Caroline Schjørring (née Krohne; 4 June 1836 in Skive – 9 March 1910 in Frederiksberg) was a Danish author of Bildungsroman novels, a genre of coming of age novels, such as Esther's History (1884), Sirius (1900), Lange Skygger (1904) and Iris (1907). A member of the Danish Women's Society, she was one of the first ten women in Denmark to be awarded state support for her writing in 1883.[1][2][3][4]

References

  1. ↑ Dansk kvindebiografisk leksikon (in Danish). Kbh.: Rosinante. 2001. ISBN 978-87-7357-487-4.
  2. ↑ Isabel Gordon, Marchioness of Aberdeen and Temair (1900). The International Congress of Women of 1899. T. F. Unwin. p. 144.
  3. ↑ Andersen, Anton (1896). "Johanne Schjørring (Danske Forfatterinder i det nittende Hundredaar)". Runeberg.org (in Danish). Retrieved 7 June 2022.
  4. ↑ Hansen, Hans Christian Peter (1902). Illustreret dansk litteraturhistorie (in Danish). Det Nordiske forlag. p. 772.
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