Name Halfdan Rasmussen Role Poet | Albums Noget Om... | |
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Died March 2, 2002, Hornbaek, Denmark Spouse Esther Nagel (m. 1953–1973) Books Onkel Karfunkel, The Ladder, Halfdanes Nonsense and Nursery Rhymes, Hocus Pocus Nonsense Rhymes Children Iben Nagel Rasmussen, Tom Nagel Rasmussen, Nis Rasmussen Similar People Benny Andersen, Iben Nagel Rasmussen, Helle Ryslinge | ||
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Halfdan Rasmussen (29 January 1915 in Copenhagen – 2 March 2002) was a Danish poet. He was known for his literary nonsense verse for children and his serious adult writings about social issues and human rights. He was awarded with the Ministry of Culture's children book prize (Kulturministeriets Børnebogspris) in 1965.
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- L v poem by halfdan rasmussen song by gregers brinch
- Halfdan rasmussen tribute lion blues
- Career
- Politics
- Honour
- References
Halfdan rasmussen tribute lion blues
Career
Rasmussen was a resistance fighter during the German occupation He became very well known and respected as a poet, nearly becoming a national poet of Denmark. One of his poems, Ikke Bødlen, was featured as one of the best poems on Human Rights on a 1979 book published by Amnesty International Denmark, and would be later translated into the first verse of Roger Waters' song Each Small Candle.
Politics
Rasmussen joined the anarcho-syndicalist movement at an early age, and from his 20s and on-wards he contributed to the syndicalist weekly Arbejdet ("Work"). In the early 60s, he helped edit and publish the memoirs of revolutionary syndicalist Christian Christensen. Later on Rasmussen was also active in the Danish anti-nuclear movement, the campaigns against EU membership, and in Amnesty International.
Honour
