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Born	September 12, 1865 • Denmark
Died	April 11, 1931 (aged 65) • Gentofte • Denmark
Notable Works	“Naturbørn”
Movement / Style	Symbolism
Subjects Of Study	Charles Baudelaire • Heinrich Heine • Percy Bysshe Shelley

Jens Peter Jacobsen

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Tom Kristensen

Danish author and critic

Hans Adolf Brorson

Danish clergyman and author

Johannes Jørgensen

Danish author

Mu Dan

Chinese poet and translator

Richard Howard

American author

Jan Kasprowicz

Polish writer

Attilio Bertolucci

Italian poet, literary critic and translator

Valery Yakovlevich Bryusov

Russian author

Einar Benediktsson

Icelandic poet

Johannes Ewald

Danish poet

N.F.S. Grundtvig

Danish bishop and poet

Adam Gottlob Oehlenschläger

Danish author

Johannes Carsten Hauch

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Holger Henrik Herholdt Drachmann

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Johannes V. Jensen

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Halfdan Rasmussen

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