Rolf Jacobsen (poet), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Rolf Jacobsen (poet)

Norwegian poet, writer

Date of Birth: 08-Mar-1907

Place of Birth: Christiania, Norway

Date of Death: 20-Feb-1994

Profession: writer, poet, journalist

Nationality: Norway

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Rolf Jacobsen (poet)

  • Rolf Jacobsen (8 March 1907 – 20 February 1994) was a Norwegian author.
  • Jacobsen could be said to be the first modernist writer in Norway.
  • Jacobsen's career as a writer spanned more than fifty years.
  • He is one of Scandinavia’s most distinguished poets, who launched poetic modernism in Norway with his first book, Jord og jern in 1933.
  • Jacobsen's work has been translated into over twenty languages.
  • The central theme in his work is the balance between nature and technology – he was called "the Green Poet" in Norwegian literature.

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