Mathilde Schjøtt

Mathilde Schjøtt

Mathilde Schjøtt (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]

She was married to philologist and politician Peter Olrog Schjøtt.[3]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Henriksen, Petter, ed. (2007). "Mathilde Schjøtt". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 30 September 2009.
  2. ↑ Sars, J. E. and Skavlan, Olaf, ed. (1882). "Rosen". Nyt Tidsskrift (Kristiania): 113–139.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Lorenz, Astrid. "Mathilde Schjøtt". In Helle, Knut. Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 30 September 2009.