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Also Known As Jens Johannes Jørgensen
Born November 6, 1866 • Svendborg • Denmark
Died May 29, 1956 (aged 89) • Svendborg • Denmark
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Johannes V. Jensen
Danish author
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Tom Kristensen
Danish author and critic
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Sophus Claussen
Danish poet
Paul Verlaine, detail from Un Coin de table, oil painting by Henri Fantin-Latour, 1872; in the Louvre, Paris.
Paul Verlaine
French poet
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Andrey Bely
Russian poet
Yavorov, Peyo
Peyo Yavorov
Bulgarian 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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Halfdan Rasmussen
Danish poet
Thomas Kingo, oil painting by an unknown artist; in the National History Museum at Frederiksborg, Denmark.
Thomas Kingo
Danish author
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Inger Christensen
Danish poet
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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