author
Vilhelm Krag
1871–1933
A leading voice in Norwegian literature around 1900, he wrote poetry, fiction, and plays with a strong sense of place. He is especially remembered for helping give southern Norway its identity by popularizing the name "Sørlandet."
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Marianne: kertomus
by Vilhelm Krag
About the author
Born in Kristiansand on December 24, 1871, Vilhelm Krag became one of Norway’s most visible literary and cultural figures of his time. He worked not only as a poet and author, but also as a journalist, theater man, and publishing consultant, building a career that reached across several parts of Norwegian cultural life.
Krag is best known for his lyrical writing, though he also published novels, short prose, and plays. Reference works on his life describe him as a major and very productive Norwegian writer around the turn of the 20th century, and he is closely tied to the cultural identity of southern Norway.
He died on July 10, 1933. Today he is still remembered both for his writing and for coining and spreading the name "Sørlandet," the term now commonly used for Norway’s southern region.