Sigbjørn fruit fields
Sigbjørn Obstfelder (born November 21, 1866 in Stavanger , † July 29, 1900 in Copenhagen ) was a Norwegian writer and poet . He studied philology and civil engineering in Kristiania ( Oslo ). In the years 1890–91 he worked as a civil engineer in the USA . He only found his true calling later when he decided to spend his life hiking through Scandinavia . Under the influence of the French symbolists and Søren Kierkegaardsarticulated fruit fields in the rhythmically suggestive verses of his early "Digte" of existential fear. His feeling to have come to a "wrong planet" made him look for mystical driving forces of existence. This is how many of his dark works came about. Rainer Maria Rilke , among others, resorted to motifs and problems from the orchards' poems .
bibliography
- Digte ( poems ), 1893
- To novelletter ( Two Novellas ), 1895
- Corset (Roman), 1896
- De røde dråber ( Red Drops ) (play), 1897
- En præsts dagbog ( diary of a priest / pastor ) (novel), posth. 1900
- Efterladte arbeider ( Posthumous Works ), 1903
- Samlede skrifter I-III ( Collected Writings ), 1950
literature
- Trygve Greiff: Sigbjørn fruit fields . Cammermeyer, Oslo 1944.
- Johan Faltin Bjørnsen: Sigbjørn fruit fields. Mennesket, poets and grubleren . Gyldendal, Oslo 1959.
- Arne Hannevik: Obstfelder og mystikken. A study in Sigbjørn Obstfelders forfatterskap . Gyldendal Norsk, Oslo 1960.
- Martin Nag: Sigbjørn fruit fields. Uro and skaperkraft - en biografi . Solum, Oslo 1996, ISBN 82-560-1044-4 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Sigbjørn Obstfelder in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fruit fields, Sigbjørn |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Norwegian writer and poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 21, 1866 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stavanger |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 29, 1900 |
| Place of death | Copenhagen |