Christian Graugaard
Christian Lykke Graugaard is a Danish medical doctor, author, poet, and professor of sexology at Aalborg University. He has published widely about sexology, both in popular and scientific contexts, and has published a number of collections of his own poetry as well as translations of works by Nordic poets. He has also been a regular contributor to the debate section in the newspaper Politiken. Furthermore, in his role as director of the organization Sex & Samfund, he is a frequent commentator on issues related to human sexuality in the Danish public debate. He is a critic of the practice of circumcision of boys, arguing that it should only be a legal procedure for boys above the age of 15, the Danish age of sexual consent.
Publications
Kan jeg købe dine øjnes blå dans 1986Falske rum 1987Febertræer 1988Hjerne og seksualitet – aspekter af teori og klinik 1997Ung og sårbar 2000Sexleksikon – fra abe til Aarestrup 2001Lir – slang om sex 2002Krop, sygdom & seksualitet 2006Kend din krop, mand 2006Corpus – rejser i menneskekroppen 2008Kun for drenge – værd at vide om krop, følelser og sex 2010Translations:
- Werner Aspenström: Sardinen i tunnelbanen – digte 1946-97 2004
- Rolf Jacobsen: Fluen i teleskopet – digte 1933-85 2007
- Elmer Diktonius: På toppen af et øjeblik – digte 1921-54 2011