Ikke Bødlen

Ikke Bødlen

"Ikke Bødlen" (English: "not the torturer") is a poem by Halfdan Rasmussen, featured as one of the best poems on Human Rights on a 1979 book published by Amnesty International Denmark.

"Ikke Bødlen" would be later translated into the first verse of Roger Waters' song "Each Small Candle" Fact|date=July 2007.


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  • Halfdan Rasmussen — (January 29 1915 in Copenhagen ndash; March 2 2002) was a Danish poet. He was known for his nonsensical children s verse and his serious adult writings about social issues and human rights. CareerRasmussen was a resistance fighter during the… …   Wikipedia

  • Each Small Candle — is a song by Roger Waters. It was released on his album In the Flesh Live in 2000. Most of the lyrics were inspired by a news story from the Kosovo war of a Serbian soldier who saw a wounded Albanian woman, left his ranks and helped her.It also… …   Wikipedia

  • Halfdan Rasmussen — (* 29. Januar 1915 in Kopenhagen; † 2. März 2002) war ein dänischer Dichter und Widerstandskämpfer. Leben Rasmussen war im Zweiten Weltkrieg Widerstandskämpfer gegen die deutsche Besetzung. 1958 wurde er mit dem dänischen Literaturpreis Goldene… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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