Nils Collett Vogt

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Nils Collett Vogt drawn by Christian Krohg (approx. 1890).

Nils Collett Vogt (born September 24, 1864 in Oslo ; † December 23, 1937 there ) was a Norwegian writer of neo-romanticism .

Life

Vogt was the son of the engineer Jens Theodor Paludan Vogt and his wife Johanne Collett . He rebelled against his conservative family and was then sent to the cathedral school in Hamar . There he met Tryggve Andersen , with whom a close friendship developed. After graduating from high school, Vogt studied law from 1884 to 1887. He then worked as a journalist and traveled to Denmark and Italy . He lived for a long time in Sicily and France .

Vogt's work consists of prose , dramas , workers' songs and, above all, poems . In his works he criticizes the conservative bourgeoisie.

Works (selection)

Volumes of poetry

  • Digte (1887)
  • Fra Vaar till Høst (1894)
  • Det dyre brød (1900)
  • Verse from Kristiania (1904)
  • Hjemkomst (1917)
  • Ned fra bjerget (1924)

Novels

  • Harriet Blich (1902, German 1903)
  • Fra gutt til mann (1932)
  • Oplevelser (1934)

Dramas

  • Moren (1913)
  • Therese (1914)

swell

  • Horst Bien and others: Meyers Taschenlexikon Northern European Literatures, Leipzig 1978
personal data
SURNAME Vogt, Nils Collett
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Norwegian writer
DATE OF BIRTH September 24, 1864
PLACE OF BIRTH Oslo
DATE OF DEATH December 23, 1937
Place of death Oslo