Ole Sarvig (Danish pronunciation: [ˈoːlə ˈsɑːviˀ]) (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.
[1] In 1967 he received the grand prize of the Danish Academy.
[2] In 2004 his 1943 work Regnmaaleren was included in the Danish Culture Canon.
[3] 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.