Benny Andersen
(1929-2018)
Danish songwriter, poet
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Benny Andersen (7 November 1929 – 16 August 2018) was a Danish poet, author, songwriter, composer and pianist. He is often remembered for his collaboration with the singer Povl Dissing; together they released an album with Andersen's poems from the collection Svantes viser. This album and Andersen's book "Svantes viser" (Svante's Songs) from 1972 were included by the Danish Ministry of Culture in the Danish Culture Canon in 2006, in the category "Popular music". Andersen's "Samlede digte" (Collected poems) have sold more than 100,000 copies in Denmark.
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7 November 1929 Vangede, Denmark
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16 August 2018 (aged 88) Sorgenfri, Denmark
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| Zodiac | Scorpio |
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