Tore Ørjasæter (3 March 1886 – 29 February 1968) was a Norwegian educator and poet.

Biography

Ørjasæter was born at Skjåk in

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, Norway. The son of a teacher, he attended Voss folk high school and qualified as a teacher before becoming a writer. Ørjasæter's poetry was written in

Nynorsk Nynorsk () () is one of the two written standards of the Norwegian language, the other being Bokmål. From 12 May 1885, it became the state-sanctioned version of Ivar Aasen's standard Norwegian language ( no, Landsmål) parallel to the Dano- ...

in the Norwegian folk tradition. His writing is influenced by Ivar Aasen, Aasmund Olavsson Vinje and

Per Sivle Per Sivle (6 April 1857 – 6 September 1904) was a Norwegian poet, novelist and newspaper editor. He is known for his novel ''Streik'' from 1891, and for his collections of stories issued between 1887 and 1895, ''Sogor'' (includes the story "Berre ...

. Like these, he was concerned with

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of traditional society, and the conflict between individual and community, but he differed from these poets in a more positive attitude to the new society. Towards the end of his life, he also started experimenting with more modernist writing. His main work is considered to be the poem ''Gudbrand Langleite''.

Personal life

Ørjasæter was married in 1921 to Aaslaug Skaaden (1896–1988). He then became the father of literary critic (1925- 2006) and the father-in-law of professor

Tordis Ørjasæter Tordis Ørjasæter (born 25 March 1927) is a Norwegian literary critic, biographer, former professor of educational science, and novelist. She has been particularly engaged in culture and literature for children. She has written biographical works ...

Works

* 1908 - ''Ættar-arv'' (Ancestor-heritage) – poetry * 1910 - ''I dalom'' (In the valleys) – poetry * 1913 - ''Gudbrand Langleite'' – trilogy, first part * 1915 - ''Manns kvæde'' (Man's chanting) – poetry * 1920 - ''Bru-millom'' (Between bridges) – trilogy, second part * 1925 - ''Skiringsgangen'' (The cleansing walk) * 1927 - ''Skuggen'' (The shadow) – trilogy, third part * 1932 - ''Elvesong'' (River song) – poetry * 1945 - ''Livsens tre'' (The tree of life) – poetry * 1948 - ''Christophoros'' – play * 1949 - ''Den lange bryllupsreisa'' (The long honeymoon) – play

Awards

* Statens kunstnerlønn from 1929 * Gyldendal's Endowment 1946 * Dobloug Prize 1952 * Gudbrandsdal's culture prize of 1957 *

Melsom-prisen The Melsom Prize () is a Norwegian literary award. It is given annually to a writer or translator who writes in Nynorsk, for a work published during the preceding year. The prize was established in 1922 by the shipowner Ferdinand Melsom. The prize ...

1968

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