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on 30 October 1896, the son of the painter and professor Carl Martin Soya-Jensen. His parents died when he was a young boy. The inheritance he received provided Soya with financial independence and enabled him to pursue a career as a writer. In 1915, Soya entered the
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Soya was a prolific writer and published in a variety of forms including novels, short stories, poems, stage plays, teleplays and collections of aphorisms. Several of his works have been adapted to screen including the 1965 coming-of-age sex comedy
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Soya was married in 1919 to Esther Sættem but they divorced two years later. He married a second time in 1925 with Agnes
Augusta Zaar. He died on 10 November 1983 at the age of 87 and was buried in a common grave at Mariebjerg Church Cemetery in
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Soya was the recipient of numerous monetary prizes. Among his greatest awards were a knighthood in the
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Soya was the first Danish dramatist to attack fascism when he wrote the satirical farce
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Soya published his first book in 1923 – a collection of philosophical stories titled
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Figenbladet eller En Nat i et Vokskabinet
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333:1963 Jeanne and Henri Nathansen Memorial Grant
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388:Hvem er jeg? eller Naar Fanden gi'r et Tilbud
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611:En tilskuer i Spanien. Fire breve fra Ibiza
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297:1945 Jeanne and Henri Nathansen Grant
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