Jeppe Aakjær dialect writer he is the heir of Blicher. But he was also inspired by Robert Burns, whose "Auld lang syne" he translated into Jutlandish dialect. Together with Johannes Vilhelm Jensen and Martin Andersen Nexø he is one of the outstanding "new realists" from the 1910s though never that famous outside Denmark. In many ways he is a literary figure of transition between old rural culture and modern socialist agitation. As a castigator of society, he was popular, even among his opponents. His first wife was the author Marie Bregendahl, known for her regionalist works. Translations of Aakjær Video Jeppe Aakjær
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