“WHEN I write in Danish,” says Oehlenschläger, “ I write for only six hundred persons.” And so, in view of this somewhat exaggerated statement, he himself translated his best works into the more ...
Back in the 12th century, Flanders - a region of Belgium - had been devastated by floods and was becoming dangerously overpopulated. Many Flemish people, or Flemings, escaped to England. Initially ...