Ole Sarvig

Ole Sarvig (Danish pronunciation:[ˈoːlə ˈsɑːviˀ]) (1921 in Copenhagen – 1981 in Copenhagen) was a Danish author and poet, known for his participation in the literary journal heretica.[1] In 1967 he received the grand prize of the Danish Academy.[2] In 2004 his 1943 work Regnmaaleren was included in the Danish Culture Canon.[3] 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.[4]

Selected works

References

  1. ↑ "Ole Sarvig" in the Great Danish Encyclopedia
  2. ↑ Biography of Ole Sarvig in Forfatterweb.com
  3. ↑ "Om kanon for litteratur", Kulturkanon. (Danish) Retrieved 13 January 2013
  4. ↑ Knud Munck. 2003. Michael Strunge: en biografi. Lindhardt og Ringhof. p 139
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