The influence of Scots, especially of Robert Burns, on Danish poets and authors
Synopsis
The main theme of this paper is the Jutlandic poet and author Jeppe Aakjær’s translations of several poems by Robert Burns in the late 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. In addition, translations of Burns’ poems in the middle of the 20th century by another dialect-poet, Martin N. Hansen, are taken into account, as well as a translation of one of the longer poems by the author Hans Kirk. However, the inspiration from Scots already began in the early 19th century with the author St. St. Blicher.