Nils Collett Vogt
Nils Collett Vogt (24 September 1864 – 23 December 1937) was a Norwegian poet.
He was born in
For a short period of time, Vogt taught at a manor house in
Following his father's 1892 death, Vogt travelled to the Italian island Capri. In 1894, he published the poetry collection Fra Vaar til Høst ("From Spring to Autumn"), which according to Skei represented his "final breakthrough".[2] In the same year, he married Siri Maria Thyselius (1854–1936), with whom he lived at her homeplace. In the following decades, Vogt wrote many poems and plays, and also a few novels. His autobiography Fra gutt til mann ("From Boy to Man") was published in 1932, and is amongst his best known works.[5] His wife died in 1936, and he moved to Lillehammer, where he died on 23 December 1937.[2]
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References
- ISBN 82-521-4724-0.
- Fristad, Hans A. (1987). Oslo-trikken: Storbysjel på skinner (in Norwegian). Oslo: Gyldendal. ISBN 82-05-17358-3.
- Skei, Hans H. (2005). "Nils Collett Vogt". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Vol. 9 (2nd ed.). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 22 June 2011.
- Godal, Anne Marit, ed. (2009). "Nils Collett Vogt". Store norske leksikon(in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 22 June 2011.
Further reading
- Ørjasæter, Jo (2004). Nils Collett Vogt: dikter, opprører, kulturpersonlighet (in Norwegian). Oslo: Aschehoug. ISBN 82-03-18841-9.
- Haave, Kristoffer (1977). "Nils Collett Vogt". Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Vol. 18 (1st ed.). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget.
- ––– (1979). Nils Collett Vogt: et liv i dikt (in Norwegian). Oslo: Institutt for nordisk språk og litteratur. OCLC 472830505.
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