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Born June 20, 1694 • Denmark
Died June 3, 1764 (aged 69) • Ribe • Denmark
Role In Pietism

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Hans Adolf Brorson, engraving by M. Bernigeroth.
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Christian Morgenstern
German poet
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Tom Kristensen
Danish author and critic
N.F.S. Grundtvig
N.F.S. Grundtvig
Danish bishop and poet
Thomas Kingo, oil painting by an unknown artist; in the National History Museum at Frederiksborg, Denmark.
Thomas Kingo
Danish author
Johannes Ewald, engraving by Johan Frederik Clemens, 1779.
Johannes Ewald
Danish poet
Jens Peter Jacobsen, detail of an oil painting by E. Josephson, 1879; in the Nationalhistoriske Museum at Frederiksborg, Denmark.
Jens Peter Jacobsen
Danish author
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Sophus Claussen
Danish poet
Bernhard Severin Ingemann, detail of a pencil-and-watercolour drawing by H. Olrik, 1860; in the Nationalhistoriske Museum at Frederiksborg, Denmark.
Bernhard Severin Ingemann
Danish author
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Anders Sørensen Vedel
Danish historian
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Iancu Văcărescu
Romanian author
Schlegel, August Wilhelm von
August Wilhelm von Schlegel
German scholar and critic
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Robert Bly
American author
Opitz, Martin
Martin Opitz
German poet
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Eric Bentley
American critic, translator, and stage director
Bürger, Gottfried August
Gottfried August Bürger
German poet
Kazantzákis, Níkos
Níkos Kazantzákis
Greek writer
Freiligrath, Ferdinand
Ferdinand Freiligrath
German poet
Johann Heinrich Voss, lithograph.
Johann Heinrich Voss
German poet
Christoph Martin Wieland.
Christoph Martin Wieland
German poet
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David Antin
American poet and critic

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