Through a remarkably varied and productive authorship of novels, plays, and essays, Per Christian Jersild, who debuted in 1960 with a collection of short stories, became one of the major Swedish authors of the last half of the twentieth century....

P.C. Jersild is not a man who sidesteps controversy. Since he was a teenager, the sixty-seven-year-old Jersild has been taking hard looks at the ethical and social dilemmas of modem society. Although he writes from a Swedish perspective, the questions he raises are universal....

CHESAPEAKE -- CHESAPEAKE - Bertrum Carl Jersild, formerly of Chesapeake, died unexpectedly at his home in Carson, Calif. Oct. 18, 2005. Bert is survived by three children, Stacy Jersild, Carl Jersild and Jordan Jersild, all of Carson. He had one grandchild. Bert is...