Aslaug Vaa

Portraits of Aslaug Vaa (unknown year)

Aslaug Vaa (born August 25, 1889 in Rauland , Telemark , † November 28, 1965 in Oslo ) was a Norwegian poet and playwright . She was the older sister of the sculptor and painter Dyre Vaa , married to the psychologist and philologist Ola Raknes and the mother of the sculptor Anne Raknes and the poet Magli Elster , and also the grandmother of the social scientist and philosopher Jon Elster . She was also a second cousin of Eivind Groven and Tarjei Vesaas .

Aslaug Vaa studied French literature and art history at the University of Paris and theater history at the University of Berlin . After that she worked for a while as a teacher and journalist. She made her debut as a poet in 1934 at the age of 45. Her first collection of poems was called Nord i leite .

From 1955 she received a lifelong grant from the Norwegian state ( Statens kunstnerlønn ) . Her poems were often performed on the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation ( NRK ) program "Wunschgedicht" (Ønskediktet) . Vaa was the first female author to receive the "Wunschgedichtpreis" (Ønskediktprisen) in 1963 . Her four plays did not achieve the same level of awareness as her poems.

In 2001 Odd Nordstoga and Øyonn Groven Myhren performed the order work Nivelkinn at the Telemark Festival , which is based on Aslaug Vaas poetry cycle of the same name from Nordi leite . The concert was recorded and released as a phonogram, which won the Spellemann Prize in 2003 .

bibliography

• 1934 Nord i leite, poetry collection
• 1935 Skuggen og strendan, poetry collection
• 1936 Villarkonn, poetry collection
• 1938 Steinguden, drama
• 1939 På vegakanten, poetry collection
• 1947 Fotefár, poetry collection
• 1947 youth days, acting
• 1954 Skjenkarsveinens visur, poetry collection
• 1963 Busader, collection of poetry
• 1964 Dikt i utval, collection of poetry
• 1965 Honningfuglen og leoparden, drama
• 1966 Munkeklokka, acting
• 1989 Dikt i samling
• 1999 Og ordet var…, poems left behind

literature

• Aslaug Vaa. In: Norsk biografisk leksikon