Ole Sarvig

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Ole Sarvig (Danish pronunciation:[ˈoːlə ˈsɑːviˀ]) (1921 Copenhagen - 1981, 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

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)

References

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

Persondata
Name	Sarvig, Ole
Alternative names
Short description	Danish poet
Date of birth	1921
Place of birth
Date of death	1981
Place of death

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