Essential Novelists - Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson: tales of peasant life

Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson · August Nemo

may 2020 · Essential Novelists Libro 53 · Tacet Books

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Welcome to the Essential Novelists book series, were we present to you the best works of remarkable authors. For this book, the literary critic August Nemo has chosen the two most important and meaningful novels ofBjørnstjerne Bjørnsonwhich areA Happy Boy andThe Fisher Girl. Bjørnstjerne Bjørnsonreceived the 1903 Nobel Prize in Literature "as a tribute to his noble, magnificent and versatile poetry, which has always been distinguished by both the freshness of its inspiration and the rare purity of its spirit", becoming the first Norwegian Nobel laureate. Novels selected for this book: -A Happy Boy - The Fisher Girl This is one of many books in the series Essential Novelists. If you liked this book, look for the other titles in the series, we are sure you will like some of the authors.

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Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson(8 December 1832 26 April 1910) is considered to be one of The Four Greats (De Fire Store) among Norwegian writers, the others being Henrik Ibsen, Jonas Lie, and Alexander Kielland. Bjørnson is also celebrated for his lyrics to the Norwegian National Anthem.