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
  • 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
  1. "Ole Sarvig" in the Great Danish Encyclopedia
  2. Biography of Ole Sarvig in Forfatterweb.com
  3. "Om kanon for litteratur" Archived 2013-10-23 at the Wayback Machine, Kulturkanon. (in Danish) Retrieved 13 January 2013
  4. Knud Munck. 2003. Michael Strunge: en biografi. Lindhardt og Ringhof. p 139
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