- Mathilde Schjøtt
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Mathilde Schjøtt (1844 – 1926) was a Norwegian writer, literary critic, biographer and feminist. She made her literary debut with the anonymous Venindernes samtale om Kvindens Underkuelse in 1871. She was a literary critic for the magazine Nyt Tidsskrift, and her play Rosen was published anonymously in this periodical in 1882.[1][2] She was a co-founder of the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights in 1884, and a member its first board.[3] She wrote a biography on Alexander L. Kielland in 1904.[1]
She was married to philologist and politician Peter Olrog Schjøtt.[3]
References
- ^ a b Henriksen, Petter, ed (2007). "Mathilde Schjøtt" (in Norwegian). Store norske leksikon. Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. http://www.snl.no/Mathilde_Schj%C3%B8tt. Retrieved 30 September 2009.
- ^ Sars, J. E. and Skavlan, Olaf, ed (1882). "Rosen". Nyt Tidsskrift (Kristiania): 113–139.
- ^ a b Lorenz, Astrid. "Mathilde Schjøtt". In Helle, Knut (in Norwegian). Norsk biografisk leksikon. Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Mathilde_Schj%C3%B8tt/utdypning. Retrieved 30 September 2009.
Categories:- 1844 births
- 1926 deaths
- People from Oslo
- Norwegian literary critics
- Norwegian dramatists and playwrights
- Norwegian biographers
- Norwegian feminists
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