Works in English

Jakob Brønnum has published around 50 books of poetry and prose as well as other work in his native Danish as well as four books of poetry in English.

His work has appeared in among others La Piccioletta Barca, Beyond Words Literary Magazine, The Ekphrastic Review and Line Breaks by Coverstory Books, in whose anthologies New Contexts 4 (2022) and 6 (2024) he contributes a poem. He has been published in the Nordic languages in magazines and anthologies. One of his books is translated into the Norwegian, one into Serbian. In 1992 a poem appeared in the legendary Literaturnaja Gazeta (in Russian).

He holds as master in theology from Aarhus University. His work has received grants from among others The Danish Art Council. He has lectured extensively in Denmark on his books on literary and existential themes. He lives in Sweden with his family

PUBLICATIONS

BOOKS

A Little Book of Transcendence (poems, 2023), Cyberwit
The Road to Tremonte (A pilgrimage in 83 poems, 2024), Cyberwit
A Poetry Encyclopedia of Dreams (poems, 2025, Cyberwit)
Dreamscape Journeys (poems, 2025, Cyberwit)

ANTHOLOGIES

Starry Night (poem) The Ekphrastic Review, digital anthology, 2021
Timelessness and purpose (poem), New Contexts 4, Coverstory Books, 2022
Time and the Butterfly (poem), New Contexts 6, Coverstory Books, 2024

MAGAZINES

Short Story

The Russian Soldier (Locust Shells Journal, 2025)

Poetry

On finding a dry leaf in an old dictionary (poem), Beyond Words Literary Magazine, Issue 22, 2022
The Poem About Anubis (poem), Coverstory Books 2022
Bleeding Branches (poems), La Piccioletta Barca 2022
Böcklin: Das Toteninsel (poem), The Ekphrastic Review, 2022
The Hermit (Shortlisted in competition about poems on The Tarot), The Ekphastic Review, 2022
About Dali, Chewers by Masticadores, 2024
Walking the Hallway, Masticadores Canada, 2024
Scapegoat, India & Masticadores, 2024
The Writing on the Wall, Taj Mahal Review, 2025

Essay

My Mother's Death (essay), La Piccioletta Barca Issue 25, 2020

Four essays on Beethoven
A voice from Beyond: The violin solo in the Benedictus of The Missa Solemnis (essay), La Piccioletta Barca, 2020
Kandinsky, Mondrian, and Beethoven’s 5th Symphony (essay), La Piccioletta Barca, 2020
When the music stops: Beethoven’s 4th and the spirit of Romanticism (essay), La Piccioletta Barca, 2020
The Phenomenology of the Spirit: Hegel and the ingress of Beethoven's 2. Symphony (essay), La Piccioletta Barca, 2020

Four essays on Dostoevsky
The Father Figure as a Key to the Interpretation of Dostoevsky (essay), La Piccioletta Barca, 2021
The Thematic Unity of the Brothers Karamazov (essay), La Piccioletta Barca, 2021
Turning the Other Cheek (essay), La Piccioletta Barca, 2021
Why Doesn’t He Say Anything? (essay), La Piccioletta Barca, 2021

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