Inger Christensen

Inger Christensen (born Jan. 16, 1935, Vejle, Den.—died Jan. 2, 2009, Copenhagen) was a Danish poet whose linguistically sophisticated work explores the interconnections of language, fiction, and reality. The daughter of a tailor living on Denmark’s Jutland coast, she graduated from Vejle Gymnasium in 1954 and studied at Teachers’ College in Århus. While a student she began publishing poems and met the poet and critic Poul Borum, who was her mentor and (1959–76) husband. She...