Søren Gyldendal Explained

Søren Gyldendal (12 April 1742 – 8 February 1802) was a Danish bookstore owner who founded Gyldendal which became Denmark's largest publishing house. ^[1]

Biography

Søren Jensen Gyldendal was born at Aars in Vesthimmerland, Denmark. Gyldendal attended Aarhus Katedralskole, graduated from the University of Copenhagen in 1766 and took the examen philosophicum the following year. He acquired a bookstore and in 1770 he began his independent publishing house.^[2]

Every year on the anniversary of his birthday, the Søren Gyldendal Foundation (Søren Gyldendal Fonden) awards a prize in his name, the Søren Gyldendal Prize (Søren Gyldendal Prisen). Since 2009, the prize has been DKK 200,000. Every second year a fiction writer is awarded and every second year the prize goes to a non-fiction author.^{[3] [4] [5]}

External links

• Gyldendal Forlag website
• Biographical details at Den visuelle slægtsbog
• Søren Gyldendal's gravestone

Notes and References

1. Web site: Om Gyldendal Forlag. gyldendal.dk. December 1, 2018.
2. Web site: Søren Gyldendal. Den Store Danske, Gyldendal . Claus Bech. December 1, 2018.
3. http://www.denstoredanske.dk/Kunst_og_kultur/Litteratur/Litteraturpriser_og_litter%C3%A6re_institutioner/S%C3%B8ren_Gyldendal_Prisen Denstoredanske.dk
4. Web site: Søren Gyldendal Fonden. Den Store Danske, Gyldendal . Victor Andersen . December 1, 2018.
5. Web site: Søren Gyldendal Prisen. Den Store Danske, Gyldendal . Henning Dehn-Nielsen. December 1, 2018.