Jørgen Erik Nielsen

degree for a dissertation on the Danish reception of contemporary English literature 1800–1840 (Den samtidige engelske litteratur og Danmark 1800–1840 I-II).

After his retirement, he continued his research on the reception in Denmark of contemporary English and Russian writers.

In 2006 he finished his contribution to Reception of Sir Walter Scott in Europe, by Murray Pittock (ed.

), London 2007 and a comprehensive manuscript on the reception of Charles Dickens in Denmark, which is scheduled for publication in 2009.

He was an active member of the Danish Dickens Society and contributed with a number of articles in its journal "Our Mutual Friend".