Barbra Mathilde Ring (4 July 1870 – 6 May 1955) was a Norwegian novelist, short story writer, children's writer, biographer, memoirist, literary critic and theatre critic. She made her literary début in 1904 with the girl's novel ''Babbens Dagbog''. Her children's books about "Peik" and other characters achieved great popularity. Her first novel for adults was ''Jomfruen'', published in 1914.
Ring is probably best remembered for her children's books. Her folkloric story "Itte no knussel" (from the story collection ''Fnugg'') is also characterized as a little pearl, and her novel ''Eldjarstad'' is named as her best work in this genre.
[Winsnes 1961: p. 588]
Personal life
Ring was born in
Drammen
Drammen () is a city and municipality in Viken (county), Viken, Norway. The port and river city of Drammen is centrally located in the south-eastern and most populated part of Norway. Drammen municipality also includes smaller towns and village ...
to judge Ole Ring and Thora Augusta Ravn. She was the great-granddaughter of
Hanna Winsnes
Hanna Olava Winsnes (née Strøm; 29 August 1789 – 19 October 1872) was a Norwegian poet, novelist and cookbook writer.
She was born in the Bragernes neighborhood of Drammen in Buskerud, Norway. She was the daughter of Jens Henrich Strøm ...
. She married wholesaler Thorvald Kirsebom in 1890, and they had the daughter
Gerda Ring
Gerda Ring (11 May 1891 – 12 January 1999) was a Norwegian stage actress and stage producer. She was the daughter of writer Barbra Ring, and married actor and theatre director Halfdan Christensen in 1922. They were parents of the actors B ...
in 1891. The couple divorced in 1902. In 1917 she married colonel Ragnar Rosenquist.
Selected works
* ''Babbens Dagbog'', 1904
* ''Tertit'', 1905
* ''Lillefru Tertit'', 1906
* ''Vildbasser'', 1906 (short stories)
* ''Tvillinger og andre barn'', 1907 (short stories)
* ''Anne Karine Corvin'', 1907
* ''Fjeldmus paa utenlands-reise'', 1908
* ''To Aar efter'', 1908
* ''Fnugg'', 1909 (short stories)
* ''Riebes paa Star'', 1910
* ''Da Peik skulde gjøre sin Lykke'', 1910
* ''Peik'', 1911
* ''Billet mrk. "286". En Fortælling om en ung Pige'', 1911
* ''Fra Hanna Winsnes' Prestegaard'', 1911
* ''Den rette'', 1912
* ''Den kjærligheten'', 1913 (short stories)
* ''Rædharen'', 1913
* ''Jomfruen'', 1914 (novel)
* ''Før kulden kommer'', 1915
* ''Under seil'', 1916
* ''Veien'', 1917
* ''Vildbasser og andre Fortællinger. Rædharen'', 1919
* ''Guldkappen'', 1919
* ''To'', 1920
* ''Mennesket Fernanda Nissen'', 1921 (biography of
Fernanda Nissen
Petra Gregorine Fernanda Nissen (née Thomesen; 15 August 1862 – 3 April 1920) was a Norwegian journalist, literary critic, theatre critic, politician and feminist pioneer.
Early and personal life
Fernanda Thomesen was born in Sannidal, as ...
)
* ''Kredsen'', 1921
* ''Kongens hjerte'', 1922 (children's comedy, staged at
Nationaltheatret
The National Theatre in Oslo ( no, Nationaltheatret) is one of Norway's largest and most prominent venues for performance of dramatic arts.
History
The theatre had its first performance on 1 September 1899 but can trace its origins to Christiani ...
)
* ''Søstre'', 1922
* ''En mand'', 1923
* ''For hundrede Aar siden. Hanna Winsnes og Hendes.'', 1924 (biography)
* ''Unge fruer'', 1924
* ''Vi fraskilte barn. Ved et av dem'', 1924
* ''Vi som vandrer'', 1926
* ''Kvinde'', 1927
* ''Lille-Mette'', 1928
* ''Dengang da jeg var pige'', 1928 (memoirs)
* ''Minder og små bekjendelser'', 1929 (memoirs)
* ''Nu'', 1930
* ''Eldjarstad'', 1931
* ''Et år gikk rundt'', 1932
* ''Elven strømmer'', 1933
* ''Chansen'', 1934
* ''Jolle'', 1934
* ''Leken på Ladeby'', 1936
* ''Leken blir liv'', 1937
* ''Marcus Gjøgs medaljong'', 1938
* ''Farlig start'', 1939
* ''Sånn er Norge'', 1940
* ''Mellom venner og fiender'', 1947 (memoirs)
References
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1870 births
1955 deaths
People from Drammen
Norwegian children's writers
Norwegian biographers
Norwegian literary critics
Women literary critics
Norwegian theatre critics
Norwegian women non-fiction writers
Norwegian women novelists
Norwegian memoirists
Women biographers
Norwegian women children's writers
Norwegian women editors
20th-century biographers
20th-century Norwegian women writers
20th-century Norwegian novelists
Women memoirists
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