Per Aage Brandt (Danish: [ˈpʰɛɐ̯ ˈɔːwə ˈpʁɑnˀt]; 26 April 1944 – 11 November 2021) was a Danish writer, poet, linguist and musician, born in Buenos Aires.[1][2] He got his Master of Arts in Romance Philology from the University of Copenhagen (1971) & held a Doctorate of Semiotics from the Sorbonne University (1987).
Brandt published a large number of books on the subjects of semiotics, linguistics, culture, and music as well as poetry.[3]
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 Molière and Marquis de Sade, 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 Frederik Magle's symphonic suite Cantabile.
- ^ "Per Aage Brandt er død: Han var en legende inden for dansk humaniora". Politiken (in Danish). 11 November 2021. Archived from the original on 11 November 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ "JUSTINE OM PER AAGE BRANDT". 19 February 2008. Archived from the original on 19 February 2008. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Amazon. "List of publications currently available". Amazon UK. Archived from the original on 12 November 2012. Retrieved 7 August 2009.