Björnstjerne Björnson : the Norwegian poet and novelist
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9782384691265
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Human and Literature Publishing
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Björnstjerne Björnson : the Norwegian poet and novelist

Human and Literature Publishing

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Björnstjerne Björnson was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1903.
Beyond his fatherland Björnstjerne Björnson is known as a great poet. To
Norway he is more than a poet. Not only has he written beautiful stories,
songs, and dramas for his people; he lives the daily life of this people, and
holds unbroken intercourse with them. He who has it in his power to create the
most refined, the most delicate poetry, does not esteem himself above the
rudest tasks, those of the journalist and the popular orator, where there is a
question of furthering the moral and political education of the Norwegian
people, by combating an error or a lie, or by ensuring the propagation of some
simple, but as yet unrecognized truth. There emanates from him a breath of
life. Where his spirit now penetrates there follows a development of self-
knowledge and love of truth, national faults are shaken off, a growing
interest is manifested in all intellectual topics, all public affairs, and a
wholesome self-confidence appears side by side with this interest. He has
grasped the significance of the poet's mission in its broadest sense.
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