Jens August Schade (10 January 1903, Skive, Denmark - 11 November 1978,

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) was a Danish poet. His debut was the 1926 poetry collection ''den levende violin'', "the living violin". He referred to himself in his poetry as "the bright poet". The themes of his poetry were often the interconnection between the erotic and the forces of the cosmos. In 1963 he received the grand prize of the Danish Academy. His 1928 work "Læren om staten" is part of the

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."Om kanon for litteratur"
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Schade, Jens August 1903 births 1978 deaths Danish male novelists People from Skive Municipality Recipients of the Grand Prize of the Danish Academy 20th-century Danish novelists 20th-century Danish male writers