Aage Jørgensen

Aage Jørgensen (5 June 1938 – 25 March 2023 ) was a Danish literary historian and author.

Aage Jørgensen graduated from Ribe Cathedral School in 1957 and earned a Cand.art. degree in Danish and literary history from Aarhus University in 1966. He was employed at Aarhus University from 1967 to 1975, first as a graduate fellow and assistant professor, then as a substitute lecturer. Between 1975 and 2002, he was employed at Langkær Gymnasium as a lecturer. From 1978 to 1988, he represented the Ministry of Education in the Danish Language Council.

Aage Jørgensen's 2009 book, Nærved og næsten, describes a number of Danish writers and other authors who were considered for the Nobel Prize in Literature.