Hans E. Kinck

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Hans E. Kinck 1908, painting by Harald Brun

Hans Ernst Kinck (born October 11, 1865 in Øksfjord , † October 13, 1926 in Oslo ) was a Norwegian writer and philologist . He wrote prose and dramas , is considered one of Norway's most important writers and has influenced many other artists. In total, Kinck has published over 30 books. Some of his publications are assigned to neo-romanticism , but his work also shows influences from realism and impressionism . Comparisons were also made to the fine arts of Expressionism and Art Nouveau .

Life

Kinck was born in Finnmark as the son of the doctor Otto Theodor Kinck and his wife Hanna Guliante Johannessen . His youth was shaped by the difficult coexistence between his educated father, who was interested in literature and art, and his simple mother, who came from a farming family. Kinck had eight siblings, four of whom died as children.

Since his father worked in government services, he worked in various locations in Norway. The family moved to Setesdal when Kinck was six and to Strandebarm in Hardanger four years later .

Kinck also attended high schools in Bergen and Kristiania . There he received his Abitur in 1884. During his philology studies in Christiania and hall , from which he graduated in 1890, he was a member of a fraternity in which students with Georg Brandes on left discussed politics and culture. After graduating cum laude , he first became a teacher, but after a year he decided to return to university. There he worked as a librarian and continued his studies.

In 1893 Kinck married the writer Minda Ramm , with whom he later had two daughters: Eli (* 1897) and Jeanette (* 1900). The couple spent their honeymoon in London and Paris , where Kinck met Knut Hamsun and Jonas Lie . A close friendship developed between Lie and Kinck, who held similar views on many issues.

Kinck lived mainly in Kristiania, but from the second half of the 1890s also stayed regularly in Italy , mainly in Florence .

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His first poems appeared from 1888. From 1892 he published books, some of which were translated into other languages. Some of his works are socially critical. Kinck was opposed to Italian fascism , but was also skeptical of left-wing politics.

Another important feature is the relationship with Norwegian folklore. A recurring theme is the relationship between an educated man and a peasant woman, such as his parents led. Later works are based on the Italian Renaissance . He also deals with the topic of emigration in several books .

reception

In the early 1920s, Kinck was, alongside Knut Hamsun and Arne Garborg, one of three Norwegian authors in the discussion for the Nobel Prize for Literature . Although a number of Norwegian professors and writers supported him on the committee, Hamsun received the award for blessing the earth in 1920 .

Works (selection)

Novels
  • Huldren. Ungt Folk. Aschehoug, Oslo 1973, ISBN 82-03-05654-7 (reprinted from Kristiania 1892 (93)).
  • Sus. The most feared ungdom . Aschehoug, Kristiania 1898.
  • Hugormen . Aschehoug, Kristiania 1898.
  • Emigrants ("emigrants"). Merseburger Verlag, Leipzig 1906.
Novellas
  • Flaggermus vinger. Eventyr vestfra . Aschehoug, Oslo 1995, ISBN 82-03-17543-0 . (Reprinted by Kristiania 1895)
  • When the apples ripen (“Vaarnætter”). Aschehoug, Kristiania 1903.
  • When love dies (“Naar kærlighed dør”). Merseburger Verlag, Leipzig 1913.
Dramas
  • Drift carts . Aschehoug, Oslo 1979, ISBN 82-03-09931-9 (reprint of the Oslo 1908 edition).
Non-fiction
  • Macchiavelli . Its history and its time ("Renaissance Mennesker"). Schwabe Verlag, Basel 1938.

filming

  • 1992 Emil Stang Lund (director): Flaggermusvinger .

literature

  • Milda Ostrauskaite: Hans E. Kinck. In: Tanya Thresher: (Ed.): Dictionary of Literary Biography, Volume 297: Twentieth-Century Norwegian Writers . Thomson / Gale, Detroit, et al. 2004. pp. 217-224

Web links

Commons : Hans E. Kinck  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Horst Bien: Kinck, Hans Ernst in ders. (Hrsg.): Meyers Taschenlexikon Northern European literatures . Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig 1978 (Meyers Taschenlexikon). P. 203
  2. ↑ Hans Ernst Kinck in: Peter Anker (Ed.): Norske klassikere . Tiden Norsk Forlag, Oslo 1985
  3. ^ Kjell Strömberg: Brief history of the award of the Nobel Prize to Knut Hamsun ; in Circle of Nobel Prize Friends , Vol. 20, Coron-Verlag, Zurich, p. 9
personal data
SURNAME Kinck, Hans E.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kinck, Hans Ernst
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Norwegian writer
DATE OF BIRTH October 11, 1865
PLACE OF BIRTH Øksfjord , Finnmark
DATE OF DEATH October 13, 1926
Place of death Oslo