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Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson

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Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
BornBjørnstjerne Martinius Bjørnson
8 December 1832(1832-12-08)
Kvikne, Norawa
Dee'd26 Apryle 1910(1910-04-26) (aged 77)
Paris, Fraunce
ThriftPoet, novelist, playwricht, lyricist
NaitionalityNorwegian
Notable awairdsNobel Prize in Leeteratur
1903
SpooseKaroline Reimers
BairnsBjørn Bjørnson, Bergljot Ibsen
RelativesPeder Bjørnson (faither), Elise Nordraak (mither)

Signatur

Bjørnstjerne Martinius Bjørnson (8 December 1832 – 26 Aprile 1910) wis a Norse writer who received the 1903 Nobel Prize in Leeteratur "as a tribute tae his noble, magnificent an versatile poetry, which haes always been distinguished bi baith the freshness o its inspiration an the rare purity o its spirit". Bjørnson is considered tae be ane o The Fower Greats (De Fire Store) amang Norse writers, the ithers bein Henrik Ibsen, Jonas Lie, an Alexander Kielland.[1]

References

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  1. Grøndahl, Carl Henrik; Tjomsland, Nina (1978). The Literary masters of Norway: with samples of their works. Tanum-Norli. ISBN 978-82-518-0727-2. SBN.