ANDERS CHRISTENSEN ARREBO
\ˈandəz kɹˈɪstənsən ɐɹˈiːbə͡ʊ], \ˈandəz kɹˈɪstənsən ɐɹˈiːbəʊ], \ˈa_n_d_ə_z k_ɹ_ˈɪ_s_t_ə_n_s_ə_n ɐ_ɹ_ˈiː_b_əʊ]\
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A Danish poet (1587-1637). Bishop of Drontheim, Norway, when only thirty-one, but deposed in 1622 owing to his objectionable life; he was afterwards rehabilitated as preacher in Vordingborg. As the pioneer of the renaissance movement, he is considered the father of modern poetry in Denmark. His rhymed translation of the "Psalms of David" (1623), but especially his "Hexsemeron" (1641), an imitation of a once famous poem of the French poet Du Bartas on the Creation, are highly esteemed.
By Charles Dudley Warner
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