Piet Hein (Denmark)

Piet Hein (December 16, 1905 - April 18, 1996) was a scientist, mathematician, inventor, author, and poet, often writing under the Old Norse pseudonym "Kumbel" meaning "tombstone". His short poems, gruks (or grooks), first started to appear in the daily newspaper "Politiken" shortly after the Nazi Occupation in April 1940 under the signature Kumbel Kumbell.

Bibliography

• "A Poet with a Slide Rule: Piet Hein Bestrides Art and Science," by Jim Hicks, Life Magazine, Vol. 61 No. 16, 10/14/66, pp.55-66
• Grooks, by Piet Hein, (1998) Borgens Forlag; ISBN 8741810791
• Collected Grooks I, by Piet Hein Borgens Forlag; ISBN 8721018596
• Collected Grooks II, by Piet Hein Borgens Forlag; ISBN 8721018618