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Arne Garborg (born January 25 , 1851 , died January 14 , 1924 ) was a Norwegian writer. He was born in Time, Norway . He was married to Hulda Garborg .

Garborg championed the use of Nynorsk , or New Norwegian, as a literary language; he translated the Odyssey into it. He founded the weekly ''Fedraheim'' in 1877, in which he urged reforms in many spheres including political, social, religious, agrarian, and linguistic.


Bibliography

  • ''Ein Fritenkjar'' ( 1878 )

  • ''Bondestudentar'' ( 1883 )

  • ''Forteljingar og Sogar'' ( 1884 )

  • ''Mannfolk'' ( 1886 )

  • ''Uforsonlige'' ( 1888 )

  • ''Hjaa ho Mor'' ( 1990 )

  • ''Kolbotnbrev'' ( 1890 )

  • ''Trætte Mænd'' ( 1891 ) (published in English as '' Tired Men '')

  • ''Fred'' ( 1892 ) (published in English as '' Peace '')

  • ''Jonas Lie. En Udviklingshistorie'' ( 1893 )

  • ''Haugtussa'' ( 1895 )

  • ''Læraren'' ( 1896 )

  • ''Den burtkomme Faderen'' ( 1899 ) (published in English as '' The Lost Father '')

  • ''I Helheim'' ( 1901 )

  • ''Knudahei-brev'' ( 1904 )

  • ''Jesus Messias'' ( 1906 )

  • ''Heimkomin Son'' ( 1906 )

  • ''Dagbok 1905-1923'' ( 19251927 )

  • ''Tankar og utsyn'' ( 1950 )



References

''The Literary Masters of Norway, with samples of their works'', introduced by Carl Henrik Grøndahl and Nina Tjomsland; Tanum-Norli, Oslo 1978


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and where he also built his study house "Knudaheio".