Camilla Collett

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Camilla Collett

Camilla Collett , born as Camilla Jacobine Wergeland , (born January 23, 1813 in Kristiansand , Norway , † March 6, 1895 in Kristiania, 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 she is considered the first Norwegian women's rights activist .

life and work

After training at a boarding school for girls in Kristiania and a school run by Herrnhutern in Christiansfeld (Schleswig), she repeatedly went on trips abroad. In Hamburg , where she lived from 1836 to 1837, she came into contact with the writings of Junge Deutschland . The realistic poetics of these authors should have a lasting influence. From a young age she worked a lot on her letter and diary style and was guided by her role model Rahel Varnhagen .

When she was 17 years old, Camilla Wergeland fell in love with the Norwegian author Johan Sebastian Welhaven , who was a staunch opponent of her brother Henrik. Young people's relationships have often been described as "romantic triangular drama". In 1841, however, she married the liberal lawyer and literary critic Peter Jonas Collett, who became an important conversation partner for her and encouraged her to write.

Her only novel , published in two volumes in 1854 and 1855, is entitled "The Bailiff's Daughters" (original title: Amtsmandens Døttre ). With this consistently realistic book and her other writings, Camilla Collett not only exerted a great influence on the gradually emerging women's movement in Norway, but also on writers such as Jonas Lie , Henrik Ibsen and Alexander Kielland . She attacked the so-called Modern Breakthrough (1870–1890) in Scandinavian literary history and advocated women's right to self-determination. Above all, Collett fought against the purely economically motivated care marriage and demanded respect for the feelings of women. According to her own formulation, she wanted to "help the feelings to their right". She also attacked the contemporary ideals of upbringing that forced women in particular into passivity.

Her other publications include a volume of short stories (1861), memoirs (1863) under the title I de long Nætter (In the long nights) and a large number of essays . In 1884 Camilla Collett was made an honorary member of the newly founded Norwegian Women's Rights Association ( Norsk Kvinnesaksforening ).

Between 1979 and 1997, Camilla Collett was featured on the 100 kroner notes of the Norwegian bank .

Works

  • Amtmandens Døttre. (The bailiff's daughters) Roman. 1854-1855. Revised editions 1860 and 1879.
  • Fortællinger. Stories. 1861.
  • I de long nætter. (In the long nights) memoirs. 1863.
  • Sidste Blade IV. (Last leaves) essays. 1868-1873.
  • Fra de Stummes Leir. (From the camp of the mute) Essays. 1877.
  • Mod Strømmen I-II. (Against the Current) Essays. 1879-1885.
  • Scrifter I – X. Work edition. 10 volumes. 1892-1893.
  • Dagbøker and breve. Diaries and letters. 5 volumes. Ed. Leiv Amundsen. 1926-1934.

Translations

literature

  • Kristin Ørjasæter: Camilla. Norges første feminist. Cappelen, Oslo 2003, ISBN 82-02-22516-7 .
  • Ellisiv Steen: Diktning og virkelighet. En study in Camilla Collett's forfatterskap. Gyldendal, Oslo 1947.
  • Torill Steinfeld: The young Camilla Collett. Et kvinnehjertes historie. Gyldendal, Oslo 1996, ISBN 82-05-24164-3 .
  • Antonius Lux (ed.): Great women of world history. A thousand biographies in words and pictures . Sebastian Lux Verlag , Munich 1963, p. 115.

Web links

Commons : Camilla Collett  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Odd Arvis Storsveen: En bedre vår. Henrik Wergeland og norsk nasjonalitet. 2nd volume. Oslo 2004, p. 34, fn. 76.
  2. ↑ Et trekantdrama i romantikken ( Memento of the original dated May 30, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. norsknettskole.no, accessed August 11, 2009  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.norsknettskole.no
  3. ^ Letter to the Danish critic Johan Ludvig Heiberg , June 7, 1854.
personal data
SURNAME Collett, Camilla
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Collett, Camilla Jacobine (full name); Wergeland, Camilla Jacobine
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Norwegian writer
DATE OF BIRTH January 23, 1813
PLACE OF BIRTH Kristiansand , Norway
DATE OF DEATH March 6, 1895
Place of death Kristiania, now Oslo , Norway