Eugenia Kielland (23 April 1878 – 7 April 1969) was a Norwegian poet, short story writer, essayist, biographer and literary critic.

Biography

Eguenia Marie Kielland was born in

Skedsmo Skedsmo was a municipality in Akershus county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Romerike. The administrative centre of the municipality was the town of Lillestrøm. About one third of the municipal population lived in Lillestrøm. ...

in Akershus, Norway. She was the daughter of Hjalmar Christian Kielland (1834-1927) and Fredrikke Gleerup Klem (1842-1924). Her father served as mayor of Skedsmo and deputy chairman of

Akershus amt Akershus () is a traditional region and current electoral district in Norway, with Oslo as its main city and traditional capital. It is named after the Akershus Fortress in Oslo. From the middle ages to 1919, Akershus was a fief and main county ...

and Smålenenes amt. She was the granddaughter of author

Gustava Kielland Susanne Sophie Catharina Gustava Kielland (née Blom, 6 March 1800 – 28 February 1889) was a Norwegian author and missionary pioneer. Biography She was born in Kongsberg as a daughter of customs officer Gustavus Blom and his wife Karen Petr ...

. She was educated as a teacher and worked at Olaf Bergs pikeskole 1900-1915 and later at Hegdehaugen Skole 1915-1939. She was a literary critic for the newspaper ''

Morgenposten ''Morgenposten'' is a former Norwegian newspaper, issued in Oslo from 1861 to 1971. It was the largest newspaper in Norway from the 1870s until the early 1900s, when its name was ''Christiania Nyheds- og Avertissements-Blad'', also nicknamed ''Sv ...

'' from 1927 to 1963, and was the principal literary consultant for the publishing house

Aschehoug H. Aschehoug & Co. (W. Nygaard), commonly known as Aschehoug,() is one of the largest independent publishing companies in Norway, founded in 1872. Headquartered in Oslo, the publishing house has 480 employees. The Aschehoug group also comprises ot ...

from 1934 to 1960. She was a Norwegian editor for the magazine ''Ord och Bild'' from 1938 to 1950. Among her books are the poetry collection ''Vildskud'' from 1918 and the essay collection ''Fem Essays om moderne norsk litteratur'' from 1929. Besides essays and articles she also wrote biographical monographs on

Nini Roll Anker Nini Roll Anker (3 May 1873 – 20 May 1942) was a Norwegian novelist and playwright. Her books often concerned the lives of women within different social classes as well as the women's rights movement and the rights of the working class. P ...

, Kristian Elster and

Sigurd Christiansen Sigurd Christiansen (17 November 1891 – 23 October 1947) was a Norwegian novelist and playwright. He made his literary debut with the novel ''Seieren'' in 1915. His literary breakthrough was the trilogy ''Indgangen'' (1925), ''Sverdene'' (1927 ...

Selected works

*''Vildskud'' (1918) *''Vor lykke'' (1921) *''Brev fra Nils Collett Vogt til Nini Roll Anker'' (1947) *''Nini Roll Anker i liv og arbeid'' (1948) *''Min venn Kristian Elster'' (1950) *''Sigurd Christiansen i liv og diktning'' (1952)

References

1878 births 1969 deaths People from Skedsmo Norwegian literary critics Norwegian women literary critics Norwegian women non-fiction writers Norwegian essayists Norwegian women essayists Norwegian women poets Norwegian women biographers 20th-century Norwegian poets 20th-century essayists 20th-century Norwegian women writers {{norway-writer-stub