Emil Aarestrup
Danish poet and physician
- Lived
- 1800–1856
- Country
- Denmark
Updated September 2026
About Emil Aarestrup
Carl Ludvig Emil Aarestrup was a Danish medical doctor and poet, who had just one single volume of poetry published throughout his lifetime, yet this gave him a lasting place in Danish literature, due to the originality of the poems, as well as their persistent exploration of erotic themes, somewhat uncommon to the day.
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