Camilla Collett

Camilla Collett, Camilla Wergeland Jacobine born, ( born January 23, 1813 in Kristiansand, Norway, † March 6th 1895 in Christiania, now Oslo ) was a Norwegian writer. She was the daughter of the theologian and politician Nicolai Wergeland and the younger sister of the writer Henrik Wergeland. Today it is regarded as the first Norwegian woman 's rights activist.

Life and work

After training on a girls' boarding school in Christiania and a run by Moravians in Christian school field (Schleswig ), she went repeatedly to travel abroad. In Hamburg, where she lived from 1836 to 1837, she came with the writings of Young Germany into contact. The realistic poetics of these authors it was to influence. From a young age, she worked very attached to her letters and diary style and was guided by her example Rahel Varnhagen.

When she was 17 years old, fell in love with Camilla Wergeland in Norwegian author Johan Sebastian Welhaven, who was a dedicated opponent of her brother Henrik. The relationships of young people have often been described as a " romantic triangle drama". However, in 1841 she married the liberal lawyers and literary critic Peter Jonas Collett, who was a key interlocutor for her and encouraged her to write.

Her only novel, published in two volumes in 1854 and 1855, is titled " The Daughters of the bailiff " ( original title: Amtsmandens Døttre ). With this book realistic and consistent with their other writings Camilla Collett influenced not only great influence on the gradually emerging women's movement in Norway, but also to writers such as Jonas Lie, and Alexander Kielland Henrik Ibsen. She reached in front of the so-called Modern Breakthrough (1870-1890) of the Scandinavian literary history and argued for the self-determination of women. Collett fought mainly against the only economically motivated supply marriage and called for respect for the feelings of women. By his own formulation they wanted " help the feelings to her right ." They also attacked the contemporary educational ideals which forced straight women into passivity.

Her other publications include a collection of short stories (1861 ), Memoirs (1863 ) under the title I de long Nätter ( In the long nights ) as well as a large number of essays. 1884 Camilla Collett was appointed honorary member of the newly established Norwegian Women's Rights Association (Norsk Kvinnesaksforening ).

Between 1979 and 1997, Camilla Collett was mapped to the 100 -krone notes of the Bank of Norway.

Works

  • Amtmandens Døttre. ( The Daughters of the bailiff ) Roman. From 1854 to 1855. Revised editions in 1860 and in 1879.
  • Fortællinger. Narratives., 1861.
  • I de long Nätter. ( In the long nights ) memoirs., 1863.
  • Sidste Blade I -V. (Last leaves) Essay. From 1868 to 1873.
  • Fra de Dumb Leir. ( From the camp of the dumb ) essays. In 1877.
  • Mod Strømmen I-II. ( Against the Current ) essays. From 1879 to 1885.
  • Skrifter I- X. Factory output. 10 volumes. From 1892 to 1893.
  • Dagbøker og breve. Diaries and letters. 5 volumes. Edited by Leiv Amundsen. From 1926 to 1934.

Translations

  • The Daughters of the bailiff. From the Norwegian and with an afterword by Berit Klein. Böschen, Siegen 2000, ISBN 3-932212-24- X.
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