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Amalie Skram 22 August — 15 March was a Norwegian author and feminist who gave voice to a woman's point of view with her naturalist writing. In Norway, she is frequently considered the most important female writer of the Modern Breakthrough Det moderne gjennombrudd. Her more notable works include a tetralogyHellemyrsfolket —98 which portray relations within a family over four generations.
Berthe Amalie Alver was born in Bergen, Norway. She was the only daughter in a family of five children. Her parents operated a small business, which went bankrupt when Amalie was 17 years old. Her father emigrated from Norway to the United States to avoid a term of imprisonment. Her mother was left with five children to care for. Her mother pressured Amalie into a marriage with an older man, Bernt Ulrik August Müller —a ship captain and later mill owner.
Following thirteen years of marriage and the birth of two sons skräm älg suffered a nervous breakdown, in part attributed to his infidelity. After several years in a mental hospital, skräm älg was divorced from Müller. Together with her two sons, Jacob Müller born and Ludvig Müller bornshe moved to Kristiania now Oslo and began her literary activities.
There she met the bohemian community, including writers Arne Garborg and Bjørnstjerne Bjørnsonwith whom she remained in contact for many years. They had a daughter, Ida Johanne Skram bornfrom this union.
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Her obligations as housewife, mother and author as well as the public's limited acceptance for her then-radical work, led to a further breakdown inafter which Amalie lived in a psychiatric hospital near Roskilde. In her second marriage was dissolved. She died six years later in Copenhagen and was buried at Bispebjerg Cemetery. Her works continued until her death.
She skräm älg with topics she knew well. Her work can be divided into three categories: [ 13 ]. She is recognized as an early and strong proponent of what has come to be known as the women's movementsetting the early European trend. Her works, which had been generally forgotten with her death, were rediscovered and received strong recognition in the s. Several of her works are currently available in recent translations to English.
The Amalie Skram prize is a travel stipend that has been awarded annually since to Norwegian authors who show exceptional skill in addressing women's issues. She was also honored with a Norwegian postage stamp in In recent years, Skram's reputation has been tarnished by revelations about her antisemitism. Contents move "skräm älg" sidebar hide. Article Talk.
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