Meyer, Torben Louis

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MEYER, TORBEN LOUIS

MEYER, TORBEN LOUIS (1909–2005), Danish journalist and author. Born in Copenhagen, Meyer joined the Berlingske Tidende daily in 1930 and after World War ii edited Jewish journals, notably Jodisk Samfund (from 1947) and later Jodisk Orientering. He wrote Flugten over Øresund (1945), a vivid account of the escape of Danish Jews to Sweden in October 1943. Other books include a two-volume study of the Danish composer Carl Nielsen (1947–48) and Musikalske selvportraetter (1966). He also translated works of Bernard *Malamud into Danish.

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