{{Short description|Danish writer, poet and critic}} {{Infobox person | name = Poul Borum | birth_date = {{Birth date|1934|10|15|df=y}} | death_date = {{Death date and age|1996|05|10|1934|10|15|df=y}} | other_names = Poul Villiam Borum | occupation = Poet and critic | spouse = Inger Christensen }}
'''Poul Villiam Borum''' (15 October 1934 – 10 May 1996) was a Danish writer, poet and critic. He was editor of the influential Danish literary magazine ''Hvedekorn'' from 1968 to his death in 1996. He also initiated the Danish ''writers school'' (Forfatterskolen) in 1987, of which he was also principal.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dr.dk/skole/Dansk/Danske_forfattere/Poul+Borum/Poul+Borum/20100514155607.htm|title=Poul Borum (1934-1996)|publisher=Danish Broadcasting Corporation|access-date=August 18, 2012}}</ref> Borum was married to Danish poet Inger Christensen<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/4348966/Inger-Christensen.html|title=Inger Christensen|date=2009|access-date=2018-10-18|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235}}</ref> for 17 years; the couple had one son.<ref>{{cite video | title=Cikaderne findes. Portræt af Inger Christensen. | publisher=Kollektiv Film, SFC and DR TV | date=1998 | author=Rex, Jytte}}</ref>
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