Ole Sarvig
Ole Sarvig (27 November 1921 in Copenhagen – 4 December 1981 in Copenhagen) was a Danish author and poet, known for his participation in the literary journal heretica. In 1967 he received the grand prize of the Danish Academy. In 2004 his 1943 work Regnmaaleren was included in the Danish Culture Canon.
Ole Sarvig
- Born
- 1921 · Copenhagen.
- Died
- 1981 · Copenhagen.
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Denmark
- Occupation
- poet · writer · translator · hymnwriter · art historian · art critic
- Education
- Efterslægten
- Honours
- Danish Critics Prize for Literature · Grand Prize of the Danish Academy · Søren Gyldendal Prize · Emma Bærentzens Endownment · Morten Nielsens Mindelegat
- Languages
- Danish
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Ole Sarvig (27 November 1921 in Copenhagen – 4 December 1981 in Copenhagen) was a Danish author and poet, known for his participation in the literary journal heretica. In 1967 he received the grand prize of the Danish Academy. In 2004 his 1943 work Regnmaaleren was included in the Danish Culture Canon.
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He was a friend and mentor to the poet Michael Strunge, whose poem "December" remembers Sarvig's death by suicide in December 1981. Like Sarvig, Strunge took his life by jumping from a building.
• Grønne digte (1943) • Jeghuset (poems, 1944) • Mangfoldighed (poems, 1945) • Legende (poems, 1946) • Menneske (poems, 1948) • Edvard Munchs Grafik (art critique, 1948) • Krisens Billedbog (art essays, 1950) • Min Kærlighed (poems, 1952) • Stenrosen (novel, 1955) • De Sovende (novel, 1958) • Havet under mit Vindue (novel, 1960) • Limbo (novel, 1963) • Spirende digte (1967) • Glem Ikke (novel, 1972) • Sejlads (tv-drama, 1974) • De rejsende. En undergangsroman (1978)
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These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Mogens Brøndsted in: Nordische Literaturgeschichte, Band II
- 2.Zum Beispiel die Frostsalme (1976) für 16-stimmigen gemischten Chor
- 3.Erika Kosmalla in: Nordeuropäische Literaturen. VEB Bibliographisches Institut Leipzig, 1980, S. 288
- 4.Aus dem Prosagedicht Legende mit einer Übersetzung von Mogens Brøndsted. In: Nordische Literaturgeschichte. Band II, S. 565
- 5.Übersetzt von Friedrich Waschnitius.
- 6.Inhalt: „Grønne digte“, „Mangfoldighed“, „Jeghuset“, „Legende“, „Menneske“ und „Min Kærlighed“.
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