Jonas Lie

Jonas Laurits Idemil Lie ( born November 6 in 1833 on Hoen Gård in Øvre Eiker in Drammen, † July 5, 1908 in Stavern ) was a Norwegian novelist and playwright.

Life

Lie grew up from the age of four, the son of an official in Tromsø and studied from 1851 to 1858 law in Kristiania. There he met Henrik Ibsen and Bjørnson Bjørnstjerne. After successful studies Lie practiced 1859-1869 as a lawyer in Kongsvinger.

In 1866 he published his collection Digte that made him popular. Then he gave up his profession and worked as a journalist. 1870 published the novella The Fremsynte that made him financially independent. In 1871 he undertook a journey to the Arctic Circle region. There he wrote a collection of folk tales, Fortællinger og fra Norge Skildringer. The novel Tremasteren Fremtiden 1872 made ​​him internationally known. From 1871, he lived and traveled through Italy Lie to 1874, funded by the Norwegian government. During this trip appeared in 1873 his story Fanfulla. After his return he received in 1874 by the Norwegian Storting an honorarium. Still under the influence of a trip to Italy in 1875 he wrote the story Antonio Banniera and the poem Faustina Strozzi. Since the late 1870s, Lie lived first in Northern Germany, and later in Bavaria. The winter is spent mostly in Paris, the summer in Berchtesgaden. After he returned in 1882, shortly after Norway, in 1893 he settled permanently in Holskogen in Kristiansand down.

First gained recognition Lie by its living nature and human portrayals of northern Norway. He was animated and encouraged to write by his friend Bjørnson. Later works, which are characterized by a pronounced impressionistic narrative technique and mystical tendencies, social conflict back into the demonic. In his tale, the influence of neo-romanticism is palpable. With Bjørnson, Alexander Kielland, and Ibsen he is one of the Big Four of the 19th century Norwegian literature.

Lie was inducted into the Kungliga Vetenskaps -och Vitterhetssamhället i Göteborg 1890. 1904 King Oscar II drew him with the Grand Cross of the Order of St. Olav. By his own admission of Thomas Mann and Herman Bang Lie had a major influence on their work.

Works

  • Defendant. Poems., 1866.
  • The Fremsynte. Amendment. In 1870. (Eng. The Ghost-Seer. , 1876. )
  • Fortællinger og fra Norge Skildringer. Narratives. In 1872.
  • Tremasteren Fremtiden. Novel. In 1872. (Eng. The three-masted future., 1872. )
  • Fanfulla. Narrative. In 1873.
  • Lodsen og hans hustru. Novel. In 1874. (Eng. The pilot and his wife., 1874. )
  • Antonio Banniera. Narrative. In 1875.
  • Faustina Strozzi. In 1875.
  • Rutland. Amendment. In 1880.
  • Grabows Cat comedy. In 1880.
  • Livsslaven. Amendment. In 1883. (Eng. life sentence convicted. )
  • Families paa Gilje. Novel. In 1883. (Eng. The family at Gilje. 1894)
  • En maelstrom. Amendment. In 1884.
  • Kommandørens Døtre. Novel. In 1886. (Eng. The Daughters of the commander., 1887. )
  • Et Samliv 1887. (Eng. A marriage. , 1908. )
  • Troll. Narratives. 1892/92 (Eng. 1897. )
  • Onde Makter. In 1890. (Eng. evil powers., 1901. )
  • Niobe. In 1893.
  • Naar Sol går ned. In 1895. ( Dt If the sun goes down )
  • Dyre clean. 1896
  • Wulffie & Co. drama. 1897.
  • Faste Forland 1899. (Eng. 1899)
  • Naar Jerntæppet Falder. 1901 ( dt When the curtain falls. 1908)
  • ULfungerne. In 1903. (German Wolf Children. )
  • Østenfor Sol og og Vestenfor Maane bagom Babylon Taarn. In 1905. (Eng. " East of the Sun, West of the Moon and behind the towers of Babylon. " 1907)
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