About Helge Rode
Lived 1870 – 1937 (aged 66). Helge Rode was a Danish journalist, writer, poet and literary critic.
Authors Holger Drachmann (middle) and Helge Rode (right) in Skagen, c. 1905.
Helge Rode (16 October 1870 – 23 March 1937) was a Danish writer and critic, and journalist for Politiken, Berlingske Tidende, and Illustreret Tidende. He was born in Frederiksberg, a son of Margrethe Rode, the brother of politician Ove Rode, In 1905, he married the writer Edith Rode, with whom he had four children.
He was a critic of Georg Brandes and the Modern Breakthrough. Composer Carl Nielsen's piece Moderen (The Mother) was written for a play by Rode in 1920–1921.
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Danish writer, critic and journalist (1870-1937)
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Helge Rode was born on 16 October 1870 in Frederiksberg.
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Helge Rode died on 23 March 1937 in Frederiksberg.
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Helge Rode was a journalist, writer, poet and literary critic.
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Helge Rode was Danish.
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