Jenny Blicher-Clausen

Jenny Frederikke Blicher-Clausen, pen name John Bentsen, (1865–1907) was a Danish writer who is remembered above all for her poetry, especially for her first publication Digte (Poems, 1885) and for Violin (1900).

[1][2][3] Born on 29 July 1865 in Durup Parish, Sallingsund Municipality, Jenny Frederikke Blicher was the daughter of the parish priest Jens Mathias Blicher (1822–1893) and his wife Frederikke Severine née Balle (1833–1910).

As a result, she was encouraged to complete her first publication, Digte, which was published in 1885 under the pen name John Brentsen.

Thereafter she used her own name, J. Blicher to publish the play Christian den Anden in 1889, which was performed at the Dagmar Theatre, and a new collection of poems Fra Markvejen (From the Country Road) in 1890.

One of her major poetic works was Violin (1900) with its follow-up Den sidste Hauge (1903).