Jonas Lie

Jonas Lie was born in Hokksund on 6 November 1833 and grew up in Tromsø, where his father was appointed when he was five. A law graduate in Christiania in 1857, he practised as a lawyer, in 1860 married his cousin Thomasine, who collaborated in his work according to Britannica, and went bankrupt in 1868. Pensioned by Parliament from 1874, he lived in Italy and Germany and spent his winters in Paris. He is counted among the four great writers of his century. He died on 5 July 1908.

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• NovelThe Family at GiljeFamilien paa GiljeJonas Lie · 1883LiteraturePublic domain