Ole Sarvig () (27 November 1921 in Copenhagen – 4 December 1981 in Copenhagen) was a Danish author and poet, known for his participation in the literary journal heretica."Ole Sarvig" in the Great Danish Encyclopedia In 1967 he received the grand prize of the Danish Academy.Biography of Ole Sarvig in Forfatterweb.com In 2004 his 1943 work Regnmaaleren was included in the Danish Culture Canon."Om kanon for litteratur" , Kulturkanon. Retrieved 13 January 2013 He was a friend and mentor to the poet Michael Strunge, whose poem "December" remembers Sarvig's death by suicide in December 1981. Like Sarvig, Strunge took his life by jumping from a building.Knud Munck. 2003. Michael Strunge: en biografi. Lindhardt og Ringhof. p 139
Selected works Grønne digte (1943) Jeghuset (poems, 1944) Mangfoldighed (poems, 1945) Legende (poems, 1946) Menneske (poems, 1948) Edvard Munchs Grafik (art critique, 1948) Krisens Billedbog (art essays, 1950) Min Kærlighed (poems, 1952) Stenrosen (novel, 1955) De Sovende (novel, 1958) Havet under mit Vindue (novel, 1960) Limbo (novel, 1963) Spirende digte (1967) Glem Ikke (novel, 1972) Sejlads (tv-drama, 1974) De rejsende. En undergangsroman (1978)
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