BANG

bang, hermann joachim (1858- ), danish author, was born of a noble family in the island of zealand. when he was twenty he published two volumes of critical essays on the realistic movement. in 1880 he published his novel _haablose slaegter_ ("families without hope"), which at once aroused attention. after some time spent in travel and a successful lecturing tour in norway and sweden, he settled in copenhagen, and produced a series of novels and collections of short stories, which placed him in the front rank of scandinavian novelists. among his more famous stories are _faedra_ (1883) and _tine_ (1889). the latter won for its author the friendship of ibsen and the enthusiastic admiration of jonas lie. among his other works are:--_det hvide hus_ (the white house, 1898), _excentriske noveller_ (1885), _stille eksistenzer_ (1886), _liv og dod_ (life and death, 1899), _englen michael_ (1902), a volume of poems (1889) and of recollections (_ti aar,_ 1891).