Schack von Staffeldt (28 March 1769 – 28 December 1826) or Adolph Wilhelm Schack von Staffeldt was a Danish author of two collections of poetry. He is famous for "being late", publishing his collection of poetry intended to introduce Romanticism in Denmark a year after his younger rival, Adam Oehlenschläger did it.[1] Staffeldt was not held in high regard in his own time but is acknowledged as one of the most important Romantic Danish poets by later generations.[2]