Morten Høi Jensen

Morten Høi Jensen is a Danish American writer and the author, most recently, of The Master of Contradictions: Thomas Mann and the Making of The Magic Mountain (2025). A longtime contributor to the Los Angeles Review of Books, he is currently the European liaison for Liberties: A Journal of Culture and Politics.

Articles

Our Man in Marseille
Morten Høi Jensen reviews Uwe Wittstock’s “Marseille 1940: The Flight of Literature,” translated by Daniel Bowles.
Morten Høi JensenOct 17
- History
Zones of Independence: A Conversation with Adam Kirsch
Morten Høi Jensen asks Adam Kirsch about his new book, “Who Wants to Be a Jewish Writer?”
Morten Høi JensenMay 23, 2019
- Literary Criticism
- Poetry
The Awful Shapelessness of Loss: On Katharine Smyth’s “All the Lives We Ever Lived: Seeking Solace in Virginia Woolf”
Morten Høi Jensen lingers over “All the Lives We Ever Lived: Seeking Solace in Virginia Woolf” by Katharine Smyth.
Morten Høi JensenMar 27, 2019
- Biography & Autobiography
- Memoir & Essay
The Sufferings of Nietzsche
Morten Høi Jensen contemplates the fruitful sufferings of Nietzsche, as chronicled in recent books by Sue Prideaux and John Kaag.
Morten Høi JensenDec 5, 2018
Mirth and Melancholy: The Collected Stories of Machado de Assis
A newly translated compendium of Machado de Assis’s short fiction proves him to be an undisputed master of the form.
Morten Høi JensenJul 4, 2018
- Around the World
- Fiction
Darwin on Endless Trial
Morten Høi Jensen weighs two takes on Darwin’s legacy.
Morten Høi JensenJan 22, 2018
- History
- Science & Technology
Flash and Lumber: Elizabeth Hardwick’s Essays
Morten Høi Jensen is swayed but not blinded by the flash of Elizabeth Hardwick’s inimitable essays.
Morten Høi JensenDec 13, 2017
- Literary Criticism
- Memoir & Essay
C. E. Morgan’s Great American Novel
Morten Høi Jensen appreciates “The Sport of Kings,” a great American novel by C. E. Morgan.
Morten Høi JensenJul 18, 2017
- Fiction

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