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Thomas Kingo, oil painting by an unknown artist; in the National History Museum at Frederiksborg, Denmark.

Ludvig Holberg, detail of an oil painting after a portrait (destroyed) attributed to Roselius, c. 1740–50; in the Kunsthistorisk Pladearkiv, Copenhagen.

Hans Adolf Brorson, engraving by M. Bernigeroth.

Johannes Ewald, engraving by Johan Frederik Clemens, 1779.

Adam Gottlob Oehlenschläger, oil painting by F.C. Groger, 1815; in the National Historical Museum at Frederiksborg Castle, Hillerød, Den.

Steen Steensen Blicher, detail of a drawing in pencil and India ink by E.-D. Baerentzen; in the Nationalhistoriske Museum at Frederiksborg Castle, Hillerød, Denmark.

Johan Ludvig Heiberg, detail of a lithograph, 1869, after a portrait by David Monies, c. 1844; in the Nationalhistoriske Museum at Frederiksborg, Denmark.

Frederik Paludan-Müller.

Hans Christian Andersen.

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Ib Spang Olsen

Danish author

Ludvig Holberg

Ludvig Holberg, Baron Holberg

Scandinavian author

Andersen, Hans Christian

Hans Christian Andersen

Danish author

Johannes Ewald, engraving by Johan Frederik Clemens, 1779.

Johannes Ewald

Danish poet

N.F.S. Grundtvig

N.F.S. Grundtvig

Danish bishop and poet

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Peter Høeg

Danish author

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Bjørn Lomborg

Danish political scientist

Adam Gottlob Oehlenschläger, oil painting by F.C. Groger, 1815; in the National Historical Museum at Frederiksborg Castle, Hillerød, Den.

Adam Gottlob Oehlenschläger

Danish author

Martin Andersen Nexø.

Martin Andersen Nexø

Danish author

Georg Brandes, 1866

Georg Brandes

Danish writer

Henrik Pontoppidan, 1917.

Henrik Pontoppidan

Danish author

Jens Peter Jacobsen, detail of an oil painting by E. Josephson, 1879; in the Nationalhistoriske Museum at Frederiksborg, Denmark.

Jens Peter Jacobsen

Danish author

Hauch, Johannes Carsten

Johannes Carsten Hauch

Danish author

Drachmann

Holger Henrik Herholdt Drachmann

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Poul Martin Møller

Danish author

Isak Dinesen, 1959

Isak Dinesen

Danish author

Johan Ludvig Heiberg, detail of a lithograph, 1869, after a portrait by David Monies, c. 1844; in the Nationalhistoriske Museum at Frederiksborg, Denmark.

Johan Ludvig Heiberg

Danish author

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Sophus Claussen

Danish poet

Meïr Aron Goldschmidt.

Meïr Aron Goldschmidt

Danish author

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Johannes V. Jensen

Danish author

4:043 Dickinson, Emily: A Life of Letters, This is my letter to the world/That never wrote to me; I'll tell you how the Sun Rose/A Ribbon at a time; Hope is the thing with feathers/That perches in the soul

Famous Poets and Poetic Form

Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) only confirmed photograph of Emily Dickinson. 1978 scan of a Daguerreotype. ca. 1847; in the Amherst College Archives. American poet. See Notes:

Poetry: First Lines