Piet Hein
Nils Olof Sefeldt: Autogiros och helicoptrar, 1948 · Public domain
- Born
- Piet Hein was born on 16 December 1905.
- Died
- Piet Hein died on 17 April 1996.
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Denmark
- Occupation
- mathematician · poet · writer · physicist · inventor · designer · artist
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Identity and origins
Identity and origins
The authorities additionally record the heading Kumbel. His recorded languages were Danish, English and Spanish. He was the child of Hjalmar Hein and Estrid Hein. He married Gunver Holck, Gerda Ruth Cohnheim and Anne Cathrina Krøyer Pedersen.
Das Plakat enthält eine Grafik und ein Lobgedicht in dänisch mit englischer Übersetzung auf die Bogø-Fähre. Als Verfasser des Gedichts wird Piet Hein angegeben.
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Life and career
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Life and career
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1905
Piet Hein was born on 16 December 1905.
1996
Piet Hein died on 1 January 1996.
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Recognition and collections
Piet Hein received Läkerol's Culture Award, Ingenio et arti, Honorary craftsman, Emil Aarestrup Medal, Doctor of Humane Letters and honorary doctor of Odense University.
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 1143741692, Piet Hein.
General reference · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q359592: Piet Hein
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- 1.piethein.com "For a long time they appeared under the signature Kumbel Kumbell. Here is the reason why: Piet is the Dutch form of the name Peter or Petrus, which means rock, stone, and Hein is a way of spelling 'hen', the old Danish word for a whetstone. 'Kumbel', or 'kumbl' as it strictly speaking should be written, also means stone, though more a grave monument. In other words, Piet Hein, or Stone Stone can, in a way, be translated by Kumbel Kumbel. He originally wrote the second word with two Ls, also later the signature became just Kumbel – the name he is at least as well known by as his own."
- 2.Time Inc. LIFE. 14 October 1966.
- 3.Peit Hein biography.
- 4.Hein, Piet. My favorite Grooks by Piet Hein.
- 5.Gardner, Martin. Mathematical Carnival. A New Round-Up of Tantalizers and Puzzles from Scientific American. Vintage Press. 240–254. 1977. 978-0-394-72349-5.
- 6.Queensland Reviewers Collective. Undiluted Hocus-Pocus: The Autobiography of Martin Gardner.
- 7.Thorleif. Thorleif's SOMA page.
- 8.Hein, Piet. Grooks. The MIT Press. November 15, 1966. 978-0262580076.
- 9.Hein, Piet. Grooks 2. Doubleday. January 1, 1968. 978-8741810942.
- 10.Hein, Piet. Grooks 3. Doubleday. January 1, 1970. 978-0773610040.
- 11.Hein, Piet. Grooks 4. Doubleday. January 1, 1972. 978-0385006590.
- 12.Hein, Piet. Grooks 5. Doubleday. January 1, 1973. 9780385029681.
- 13.Hein, Piet. Grooks VI. Borgen's Pocketbooks. January 1, 1978. 978-8741846811.
- 14.Hein, Piet. Grooks VII. Borgen's Pocketbooks. January 1, 1984. 978-8741871639.
- 15.piethein.com. Books in other languages.
- 16.Hein, Piet. Collected Grooks I. Borgen. January 1, 2002. 87-21-01859-6.
- 17.Hein, Piet. Collected Grooks II. Borgen. January 1, 2002. 87-21-01861-8.
- 18.Hein, Piet. Runaway Runes: Short Grooks I. Borgen. January 1, 1968. 87-418-2620-5.
- 19.Hein, Piet. Viking Vistas: Short Grooks II. Borgen. January 1, 1968. 87-418-5639-2.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 12
- Grooks – 20 volumes, originally published between 1940 and 1963, all currently out-of-print.
- Grooks (1966) cite book
- Grooks 2 (1968) cite book
- Grooks 3 (1970) cite book
- Grooks 4 (1972) cite book
- Grooks 5 (1973) cite book
- Grooks 6 (1978) cite book
- Grooks 7 (1984) cite book
- Collected Grooks I cite book
- Collected Grooks II cite book
- Runaway Runes: Short Grooks I cite book
- Viking Vistas: Short Grooks II cite book
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Gemeinsame Normdatei 1143741692, Piet Hein.Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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Piet Hein is recorded with the occupation designer. Recorded as mathematician, poet, writer and physicist.
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 14 August 2026.
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