Mathilde_Schjøtt

Mathilde Schjøtt

Mathilde Schjøtt

Norwegian writer, literary critic, biographer and feminist

Mathilde Schjøtt (née Dunker) (19 February 1844 – 13 January 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]

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Personal life

Schjøtt was born in Christiania on 19 February 1944,[1] a daughter of Bernhard Dunker and Edle Jasine Theodore Grundt. She married the philologist and politician Peter Olrog Schjøtt in 1867, and they were the parents of Sofie Schjøtt.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    Henriksen, Petter, ed. (2007). "Mathilde Schjøtt". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 30 September 2009.
  2. [2]
    Sars, J. E.; Skavlan, Olaf, eds. (1882). "Rosen". Nyt Tidsskrift. Kristiania: 113–139.
  3. [3]
    Lorenz, Astrid. "Mathilde Schjøtt". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 30 September 2009.
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