Arne Garborg

Arne Garborg born Aadne Eivindsson Garborg ( born January 25, 1851 in Time, Jæren in southwestern Norway, † January 14, 1924 in Asker outside Oslo }) was a Norwegian author who synthesized by Ivar Aasen Landsmål, today Nynorsk, as literary and official language propagated.

Life and work

His novels Bondestudentar (Bauer students), Man Folk (From the men's world ), HJA ho mor (For Mom ) and Trætte Mænd ( Tired Souls ), which form a loose tetralogy, are among the major works of the Norwegian naturalism. They were read during the lifetime of the author and in Germany a lot.

Arne Garborg was friends with the Guru, Swami Sri Ananda Acharya, whom he met during his ten -year stay in the Norwegian Østerdalen. The exchange of ideas with him was reflected in Garborg diary.

Bibliography

Primary literature (selection)

  • Bondestudentar, 1883
  • Man Folk, 1886
  • HJA ho mor, 1890
  • Trætte Mænd, 1891
  • Fred, 1892
  • Haugtussa, 1895 ( parts of it were set to music by Edvard Grieg ) Another setting took place in 2007 by the Norwegian composer Olav Anton Thommessen for female voice and piano

Secondary literature

  • Walter Baumgartner: Triumph of the lack of realism. Reception of Scandinavian literature in the aesthetic context Germany from 1860 to 1910. . Wachholtz, Neumünster 1979 ( = Skandinavian studies; 10) ISBN 3-529-03310-3
  • Tor Obrestad: Arne Garborg. A biographical. 2nd edition Sansoni, Oslo 2001. ISBN 82-05-29164-0
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