Johannes Vilhelm Jensen (commonly known as Johannes V. Jensen; 20 January 1873 – 25 November 1950) was a Danish author, often considered the first great Danish writer of the 20th century. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1944 "for the rare strength and fertility of his poetic imagination with which is combined an intellectual curiosity of wide scope and a bold, freshly creative style". One of his sisters, Thit Jensen, was also a well-known writer and a very vocal, and occasionally controversial, early feminist.
Dette udvalg af Johannes V. Jensen-noveller fra det meste af et halvt århundrede slutter sig til de to allerede udgivne mytesamlinger "Himmerlandsk musik" og "Nordisk foraar". Hermed er hovedparten af Johannes V. Jensens digteriske kortprosa samlet og opdelt i tre store bind, hvoraf "Hos fuglene" omfatter hans novellistiske arbejder, samt et afsnit med eventyr og fabler. En del af disse fortællinger har ikke tidligere været bragt i bogform.