Olav Aukrust
Olav Aukrust (born January 21, 1883 in Lom ; † November 3, 1929 there ) was a Norwegian poet and teacher . He is considered to be a pioneer of Nynorsk as a literary language. His poetry is shaped by motifs from folk poetry, images of Norwegian peasant life and nature symbolism. He was also influenced by Rudolf Steiner's anthroposophy .
Life
Aukrust was born in Lom, a municipality in Gudbrandsdalen , where he grew up on his parents' farm. He wrote his first poems in his youth. After leaving school, he studied and became a teacher in 1908. First he taught at the elementary school in Folldal , later at the adult education center in Østfold . Finally, in 1915, he founded a school himself, the Dovre Adult Education Center . Aukrust devoted himself more and more to his poetry, which is why the school was soon closed again. Aukrust died of a stroke in 1929 . Critics ranked him one of Norway's greatest lyric poets, but outside of his home country he was not well known.
Works
- Himmelvarden ( Heavenly Signposts; cycle of poems, 1916).
- Hamar i hellom (Rock in Stones; Prosalyrik, 1926).
- Solrenning (sunrise; fragment, 1930)
- Norske terningar (Norwegian dice; poems, 1931).
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- Horst Bien (ed.): Meyers Taschenlexikon. Northern European literatures . VEB Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig 1980, p. 84.
Web links
- Biography at the Kulturimpuls research center
- Article of Olav Aukrust from the Encyclopædia Britannica
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Aukrust, Olav |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Norwegian lyric poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 21, 1883 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lom |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 3, 1929 |
| Place of death | Lom |