Per Aage Brandt (; 26 April 1944 – 11 November 2021) was a Danish writer, poet, linguist and musician, born in

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. He got his Master of Arts in

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from the University of Copenhagen (1971) & held a Doctorate of

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from the

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(1987). Brandt published a large number of books on the subjects of semiotics, linguistics, culture, and music as well as poetry. He made his debut as a poet in 1969 with the poetry collection ''Poesi'' and has since then written several poetry collections and essays. He has translated

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and

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, amongst others, and in 2000 he translated (or "re-wrote" in Danish) the poetry collection ''Cantabile'' by Henrik, the prince consort of Denmark. Some of his translations were subsequently set to music in

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's symphonic suite ''Cantabile''.

Bibliography

* La Charpente modale du sens, John Benjamins, Amsterdam 1992. * Dynamiques du sens, Aarhus University Press 1994. * Morphologies of Meaning, Aarhus University Press 1995. * Det menneskeligt virkelige, Politisk Revys Forlag, Copenhagen 2002 * Spaces, Domains, and Meaning, Peter Lang, Bern 2004

References

*''Kraks Blå Bog'' (2008/09), 1279 pages, * https://www.storyvillerecords.com/products/cry-1018443

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Brandt, Per Aage 1944 births 2021 deaths University of Copenhagen alumni University of Paris alumni Danish male poets Linguists from Denmark Danish semioticians 20th-century Danish poets 20th-century Danish translators 20th-century Danish male writers Danish expatriates in Argentina Danish expatriates in France People from Buenos Aires