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Born 24th of December, 1977, grew up in Odder but lives in Aarhus, Jutland. Denmark. A member of the Danish Authors’ Society, Danish PEN. His work appears in publications and anthologies worldwide. Poul Lynggaard Damgaard has published poetry books:  “𝘉𝘰𝘬𝘴 𝘚𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘢” (Box Sepia), 2013, “Disk Habitat” 2014, “𝘚𝘵𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘮𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘵𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘬𝘭æ𝘥𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨” (The Reverse Clothing of the Place) 2015, “𝘍𝘪𝘨𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮” (Figurative Uniform) 2016, “𝘝𝘪 𝘣æ𝘳𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘰𝘮 𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘬𝘬𝘦𝘳” (We Wear Each Other Like Coats) 2019, “𝘙𝘦𝘫𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘳” (The Colours of the Journey) 2020, “𝘛𝘪𝘥 𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘮 𝘬𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘥𝘦” (Time Between Petals) 2022. “Song of Walls” 2023, “𝘏𝘫𝘦𝘭𝘮, 𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘏𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘭𝘪𝘵” (Helmet) 2023,” 𝘋𝘪𝘨𝘵𝘦 𝘪 𝘶𝘥𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘨” (Poems in Selection) 2023, and “𝘝𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘧ø𝘳 𝘥𝘦 𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘩æ𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳” (Wings Before They Become Hands) 2023. His poetry has been translated to several languages. He has been awarded a prize “Lyre of Orpheus” for his poem “𝘒æ𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘺”at the International Festival of Poetry-Orpheus, 2018. Poul Lynggaard Damgaard has participated in several International Poetry Festivals in the world: “𝘋𝘪𝘵ë𝘵 𝘦 𝘕𝘢𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘵” - 2017 and 2020,  Tetovë, Macedonia; ”Orpheus” International Festival of Poetry of Orpheus - 2018, Plovdiv, Bulgaria; International Poetry Festival - 2019 in Rahovec, Kosovo; ”Stanza”, Scotlands International Poetry Festival - 2020. St. Andrews, Scotland; Rockport Poetry Festival - 2023, Massachusetts, U.S.A.; Parole a(r)mate, Pellicanolibri - 2023, Biscelgie, Italy - Lifetime Achievement Award for Poul Lynggaard Damgaard. Commune di Biscelgie; Giornata mondiale della poesia - 2024, Rome, Italy;  Pelicanolibri Library in Rome- Parco della Cellulosa, Rome; DALLA SOGLIA / TRACCE DI UN TEMPO NON COMUNE 𝘥𝘪 𝘈𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢 𝘈𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪 𝘔𝘦𝘤𝘤𝘪 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘰 𝘊𝘢𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘪 𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘨𝘦 Poul Lynggaard Damgaard 𝘥𝘢 (Figurative uniform), Online - 2020; Beppe Costa - “Incontri”, Online, 2021, Rome, Italy; “World poetry Day” / “For the dead of the pandemic”,  #poesiefestivalberl - 2021; Jack Hirschman - 2022, 𝘚𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘪 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘢, 𝘛𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘢 è 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘢; The International Poetry Festival of Havana, online - 2021; Cuba Bolivian Academy of Military Historia, online - 2021;  Historia Militar de Bolivia en Verso y Ciencia”, Ecological psychopoetry - 2022; Rockport Poetry festival, “Global Voices”, Massachusetts, U.S.A., Online - 2021 and 2022. Canto Planetario, Ayame Editorial, 2022-2023; Costa Rica Open Eurasian Literary Festival of Festivals “Lifft”, Online, 5th edition, Istanbul and 6th edition Cairo; EXPO Dubai – 2020; World Poetry Tree, and many more. The International best poet of the year 2021; International poetry and Translation Centre, China. View all posts by →