Johan Henrik "Johe" Wiers-Jenssen (30 April 1897 – 23 March 1951) was a Norwegian newspaper

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and

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Biography

He was born in

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as the son of novelist, playwright and stage producer

Hans Wiers-Jenssen Hans Wiers-Jenssen (25 November 1866 – 25 August 1925) was a Norwegian novelist, playwright, stage producer and theatre historian. Wiers-Jenssen was employed at the theatres Christiania Theatre, Nationaltheatret and Den Nationale Scene. P ...

(1866–1925) and author Rigmor Nicolowna Danielsen (1874-1934). Wiers-Jenssen was columnist for ''

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'' from 1917 to 1925, signing with the pseudonyms ''Johe'' and ''Gamin''. He was manager of the

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from 1926 to 1934, theatre director at the National Theatre from 1934 to 1935, and again manager of Chat Noir from 1935 to 1951. He issued the collection ''Gamins epistler'' in 1921. His book ''Hva jeg vet om kvinden'' (What I Know About the Woman, 1932) consisted of 100 empty pages in nice leather binding. He died in March 1951 in

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Personal life

His first wife was Tordis Brekke (1870–1939), whom he married in 1919; his second wife was the actress

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(1920–1967), whom he married in 1948.

References

1897 births 1951 deaths Norwegian theatre directors Writers from Oslo Norwegian columnists 20th-century Norwegian journalists {{Norway-writer-stub