Gisken Wildenvey
Gisken Wildenvey, born Jonette Pauline Andreassen ( born March 23, 1892 in Austnesfjorden, Vågan municipality, Nordland Province; † 14 January 1985 in Larvik) was a Norwegian writer.
Life and work
Gisken Wildenvey grew up as the daughter of an impoverished farmer initially on the Lofoten Islands in northern Norway. At the age of seven, she came into the care of a postal worker and his family on Andøya. Still barely grown up, she moved in 1908 to the capital Kristiania ( now Oslo ), where she found a job in a big department store Steen & Strøm. She tried early on to establish themselves artistically and took acting and dance classes. She was discouraged from a career on the stage, as it was too big with 175 cm.
In the fall of 1911, she met the already nationally known at this time lyricist Herman Wildenvey, whom she married in Vålerenga Kirke (Vålerenga Church) in Christiania on February 4, 1912. Shortly thereafter, the couple moved to Copenhagen, where it had its center of life for almost ten years. 1922 in a fire, the apartment of the Wildenveys was completely destroyed, so the couple decided to move back to Norway. They settled in Stavern ( until 1930 Fredriksverk ) of the Skagerrak and lived on New Year's Day 1928 in her own home Hergisheim.
Three years earlier, in 1925, Gisken Wildenvey had with the still cool shot by the literary criticism of short stories Bedaarere (literally Betörer ) made its debut. On that occasion, she was the first time appeared in public with the name Gisken - a nickname she had probably received from her husband. Enthusiasm aroused her 1929 novel Andrine submitted, in which she describes the fate of a young girl from the north of the new realist style of the twenties and thirties who is born in miserable conditions and gets a foster daughter in a strict religious environment. Even the contemporary reader recognized the references to Gisken Wildenveys own life. The book was published as a serial novel in several Norwegian newspapers. The sequel Andrine og Kjell ( Andrine and Kjell, 1934) reached a circulation of 40,000 copies and was made into successful films in 1952. Received praise the author, among others, Nobel laureate Sigrid Undset, who spoke of a " dedicated and excellent book ." Two other Andrine volumes, which appeared in 1939 and 1955, artistically and commercially but no longer able to build on the success of the first two books, complete the tetralogy. Andrine og Kjell was translated into Swedish and German.
Among her other publications in 1964 published Roman Lang og tro be emphasized tjeneste ( long and faithful service), the fictional reflects the partly difficult coexistence with Herman Wildenvey. According to the author believes is her best book. 1975, ten years before her death, she gave her memoirs under the title kjærlighet varer lengst ( Love is the best policy ) out.
1965 Gisken Wildenvey was awarded the legate of the publisher Sansoni. Her grave is located in the so-called Ehrenhain the cemetery Vår Frelsers Gravlund in Oslo.
Bibliography
- Bedaarere, 1925 ( short stories )
- Andrine, 1929 (novel)
- Andrine og Kjell, 1934 (novel)
- Andrine above Lykken, 1939 ( novel)
- Mødrene har grædt, 1949 (novel)
- Andrine above the røde Blomsten, 1955 (novel)
- Long og tro tjeneste, 1964 ( novel)
- Kjærlighet varer lengst, 1975 ( memoir )