Elise Aubert (8 February 1837 – 30 November 1909) was a Norwegian novelist, short-story writer, and non-fiction writer.

Biography

Elise Sofie Aars was born at Lier in

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, Norway. She was the daughter of priest and politician Nils Fredrik Julius Aars (1807–65) and Sofie Elisabeth Stabel (1813–86). She grew up in rectories located in Alta in

Finnmark Finnmark (; se, Finnmárku ; fkv, Finmarku; fi, Ruija ; russian: Финнмарк) was a county in the northern part of Norway, and it is scheduled to become a county again in 2024. On 1 January 2020, Finnmark was merged with the neighbouri ...

and Lom in

Gudbrandsdalen Gudbrandsdalen (; en, Gudbrand Valley) is a valley and traditional district in the Norwegian county of Innlandet (formerly Oppland). The valley is oriented in a north-westerly direction from Lillehammer and the lake of Mjøsa, extending towar ...

. She was married to professor and government minister

Ludvig Mariboe Benjamin Aubert Ludvig Mariboe Benjamin Aubert (22 November 1838 – 5 February 1896) was a Norwegian professor, jurist and government official. Biography Aubert was born at Christiania (now Oslo), Norway. He was the son of professor Ludvig Cæsar Martin Aube ...

. Among their children were jurist Vilhelm Mariboe Aubert (1868–1908) and film critic Sofie Aubert Lindbæk (1875–1953) .Terje Bratberg:''Aubert'' (Store norske leksikon)
/ref> During the 1870s, Aubert delivered short-stories, articles and serials to newspapers, signing with the pseudonyms "Tante Dorthe" or "E-e". Some of these were released as the book ''Fra Hovedstaden i Syttiaarene'' in 1892. Among her novels are ''Dagny'' from 1882 and ''Bølgeslag'' from 1886. Aubert published the memoir book ''Fra de gamle Prestegaarde'' in 1902. After her death in 1909, a selection of her letters and diaries (''Fra Krinoline-Tiden. Elise Auberts Ungdomsbreve og Dagbøker'') were first published in 1921 by her daughter, Sofie Lindbæk.

Selected works

*''Hjemmefra. Fortællinger for de Unge'' (1878) *''Kirsten. En Fortælling'' (1880) *''Et Juleminde'' (1881) *''Stedbarnet. Fortælling'' (1889) *''Forfængelighed. Fortælling'' (1890) *''Fjeldfolk. To Fortællinger'' (1893) *''Dage som svandt'' (1903) *''Glimt'' (1904) *''Tidens tegn'' (1906)

References

Other sources

*Aubert, Elise (2012) ''Fra Krinoline-tiden: Elise Auberts Ungdomsbreve Og Dagbøker'' (Nabu Press) {{DEFAULTSORT:Aubert, Elise 1837 births 1909 deaths People from Lier, Norway Norwegian non-fiction writers Norwegian women non-fiction writers Norwegian memoirists Norwegian diarists Women diarists Norwegian women novelists 19th-century Norwegian novelists 20th-century Norwegian novelists 20th-century Norwegian women writers 19th-century Norwegian women writers 19th-century Norwegian writers Burials at the Cemetery of Our Saviour 19th-century memoirists 19th-century diarists