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Frank Jæger

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Movies
  
Hagbard and Signe

Awards
  
De Gyldne Laurbær

Books
  
Velkommen, vinter

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Died
  
4 July 1977, Helsingør, Denmark

Spouse
  
Kirsten Vodder (m. 1948–1972)

Similar
  
Thorkild Bjørnvig, Pia Juul, Frans Lasson, Gabriel Axel, Saxo Grammaticus

Frank Jæger (19 June 1926 - 4 July 1977) was a Danish writer most known for his poetry and radio plays. He received the Grand Prize of the Danish Academy in 1969. He also edited two volumes of Heretica magazine with Tage Skou-Hansen.

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Early life and education

Jæger was born in the Frederiksberg district of Copenhagen on 19 June 1926. He graduated from Schneekloth's School in 1945 and from the Royal School of Library Science in 1950 but could by then already make a living from his writings.

Recognition

  • Danish Critics Prize for Literature (Kritikerprisen) (1958)
  • De gyldne laurbær (1959)
  • Emil Aarestrup Medaillen (1960)
  • Søren Gyldendal Prize (1962)
  • Grand Prize of the Danish Academy (1969)
  • References

    Frank Jæger Wikipedia