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Born January 16, 1935 • Vejle • Denmark
Died January 2, 2009 (aged 73) • Copenhagen • Denmark
Notable Works “Alphabet” • “It” • “Light and Grass”
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Jeppe Aakjær
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
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
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
Danish author
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Poul Martin Møller
Danish author
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Sophus Claussen
Danish poet
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Johannes V. Jensen
Danish author
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Halfdan Rasmussen
Danish poet
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Tom Kristensen
Danish author and critic
Thomas Kingo, oil painting by an unknown artist; in the National History Museum at Frederiksborg, Denmark.
Thomas Kingo
Danish author
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.
Steen Steensen Blicher
Danish author
Jens Baggesen, engraving by Gilles-Louis Chrétien.
Jens Baggesen
Danish author
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
Wessel, Johan Herman
Johan Herman Wessel
Danish author
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Klaus Rifbjerg
Danish writer
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Sven Holm
Danish writer
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Henrik Hertz
Danish author

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