Poetry
Nyinger
Not translated into English
Herman Wildenvey · 1907
Synopsis
The collection opens with verses that describe themselves as wild shoots sown over the course of a summer: it was written during the summer of 1907 at Otta, where the author was working in a hotel, according to the Sel historielag. These are poems of sun, light, life and love, rhymed, with a nonchalant and slightly rebellious air. “Selma”, a love poem in regular rhymes, is one of the best known. Britannica notes in the author a lightness of form matched to the mood of each piece.
Context
The collection appeared in December 1907. The Sel historielag sees in it the book that opened the way to recognition for him, and Tom Lotherington, in the Norwegian translators' lexicon, notes that it caused a great stir. The author was returning from two years in America; he took his title from an evening spent around a fire in the mountains with Marcello Haugen, he recounts in his memoirs. The municipality of Drammen presents this book as his true debut, the 1902 booklet not counting.
Who it is for
Rhymed, songlike poems, in Norwegian from the beginning of the century, which neither French nor English has collected.
Prizes and reception
A collection of great success according to Britannica, which made its author a recognised and widely read poet.
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