Hans Aanrud
Hans Aanrud (born September 3, 1863 in Vestre Gausdal ( Norway ), † January 10, 1953 in Oslo ) was a Norwegian writer .
Life
Hans Aanrud came from a farming family and grew up in a mountain valley in central Norway. He attended a Latin school and then practiced the profession of private teacher. When he was able to achieve initial success with his writing, he moved to the capital Oslo. There he acted as a literary and theater critic. He was also a consultant at the Nationaltheatret in Oslo from 1911 to 1923 .
plant
Aanrud achieved notoriety through popular, realistic descriptions of the rural life in his native valley before the industrial age arrived there. The way of thinking of the simple peasants is presented partly in dialect dialogues and in their simple, comfortable expression. The landscape is described in an atmospheric manner, and humorous features far outweigh tragic accents. Characters, plot and description of the landscape always form a unit. Children are often the protagonists of Aanrud's stories, which have therefore become popular children's books . Aanrud himself, on the other hand, intended this reading for older readers. In the rest of Scandinavia , Great Britain and Germany , his stories were soon disseminated in translations.
One of Aanrud's most successful stories is the portrayal of Sidsel Langröckchen (1903), a Norwegian shepherd girl who is nicknamed Long Skirt because of her extra long skirt, a Christmas present from her brother. The story of the shepherd boy Sölve Solfeng (1910), whose home is in a mountain valley in Norway, was also widely used. The content of both works revolves around the harsh conditions under which the farmer's children have to work far from their parents and have a meager life. Despite this report about their tough lot, an optimistic manner of presentation prevails.
Two translations of Aanrud's shorter stories were also well-known in Germany: the story collections Kroppzeug (1907) and Jungs (1910).
Aanrud also satirically illuminated petty bourgeois life in the big city in some comedies , which, however, did not find widespread distribution beyond the borders of Oslo and are almost unknown today. In the comedy Der Storch (1895), which takes place in Kristiana at the end of the 19th century, a naive clerk tries to make contacts with the better social circles, but is repeatedly tricked by a royal agent who exploits his ignorance and only comes to the end behind the truth. In this comedy, Aanrud ridicules affected and mendacious ways of acting. He wanted a positive influence on city life, which he regarded as rootless and morbid , through the healthy and internally powerful rural world, ultimately a rapprochement between urban and rural culture.
A selection of his most famous works:
- Storken , 1895 (German: Der Storch . Comedy in 3 acts. The only authorized German edition by Gustav Morgenstern, reviewed by the author . Emil Gräfe, Leipzig 1896)
- En Vinternat og andre Fortællinger , 1896 (German A winter night and other stories , 1928)
- Hanen , 1898
- Sidsel Sidsærk , 1903 (German Sidsel Langröckchen , 1907)
- Sølve Solfeng , 1910 (German Sölve Solfeng, the Sunday child , 1911)
- Fortællinger for Barn , 1917
- Sølve Suntrap , 1926
- Collected works , 6 volumes, 1914–1915; 3 volumes, 1943
literature
- Aanrud, Hans. In: Gero von Wilpert (ed.), Lexicon of World Literature . 3rd edition 1988, p. 1.
- Aanrud, Hans: In: Kindlers New Literature Lexicon . Volume 1, Munich 1988, p. 7f.
- Helmut Müller: Aanrud, Hans . In: Klaus Doderer (ed.): Lexicon of children's and youth literature . Volume 1, Beltz-Verlag, Weinheim and Basel 1975, ISBN 3-407-56520-8 , p. 7.
Web links
- Literature by and about Hans Aanrud in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Aanrud, Hans |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Norwegian writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 3, 1863 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vestre Gausdal |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 10, 1953 |
| Place of death | Oslo |