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Born October 11, 1782 • Denmark
Died March 26, 1848 (aged 65) • Denmark
Notable Works “The Diary of a Parish Clerk and Other Stories” • “Traekfuglene”

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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.
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