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Also Known As	Jens Immanuel Baggesen
Born	February 15, 1764 • Denmark
Died	October 3, 1826 (aged 62) • Hamburg • Germany
Notable Works	“Labyrinten”

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Johannes Ewald

Danish poet

Holger Henrik Herholdt Drachmann

Danish author

Ingeborg Bachmann

Austrian author

Émile Deschamps

French poet

N.F.S. Grundtvig

Danish bishop and poet

Adam Gottlob Oehlenschläger

Danish author

Jens Peter Jacobsen

Danish author

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Danish author

Poul Martin Møller

Danish author

Sophus Claussen

Danish poet

Johannes V. Jensen

Danish author

Halfdan Rasmussen

Danish poet

Tom Kristensen

Danish author and critic

Thomas Kingo

Danish author

Inger Christensen

Danish poet

Steen Steensen Blicher

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Bernhard Severin Ingemann

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Johan Herman Wessel

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Klaus Rifbjerg

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Jeppe Aakjær

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