Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen

Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen ( born September 23, 1848 in Frederiksvärn, Norway, † 1895) was a Norwegian- American writer, especially a novelist.

Born the son of a military officer, he studied in Christiania especially modern languages ​​and went to the U.S. later. Where he held a professorship at Columbia University in New York.

Boyesens first literary attempts appeared in a book published by his compatriots in Chicago Journal: " Fremad ". A significant success but he won only with his ( written in English ) novel " Gunnar " (1874; German, Breslau 1880). His stories are characterized by a peculiar mix of northern soul and depth of American life practice.

Works

  • A Norseman 's pilgrimage
  • Tales from two hemispheres (1879 )
  • Falco Mountain (1879 )
  • Goethe og Schiller ( 1879)
  • Queen Titania (1880 )
  • Ilka on the hill top, and other stories (1881 )
  • Idyls of Norway and other poems (1882 )
  • A Daughter of the Philistines (1883 )
  • A Harvest of Tares (1893 ); German (English First Edition: Stuttgart: Engelhorn, 1897): self-determination, Dusseldorf: Lilienfeld - Verl, 2008, ISBN 978-3-940357-05-2.
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