Adam Oehlenschläger

Danish poet and playwright.

Born November 14th, 1779 in Copenhagen. [ref]

Died January 20th, 1850 at 70 years old in Copenhagen. [ref]

Occupations
autobiographer, librettist, lyricist, playwright, poet, university teacher, writer

Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde