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Herman Wildenvey

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Gender Male
Death64 years ago
Date of birth July 20,1885
Zodiac sign Cancer
Born Norway
Date of died September 27,1959
DiedStavern
Norway
Spouse Gisken Wildenvey
GenresClassical
Job Poet
Awards Gyldendal's Endowment
Dobloug Prize - Norway
BooksOwls to Athens: A Book of Poems
Campanula
Parents Lauritz Portaas
Hanna Kristine Grosvold
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Herman Wildenvey Life story


Herman Wildenvey, born Herman Theodor Portaas, was one of the most prominent Norwegian poets of the twentieth century. During his lifetime he published 44 books of his own poetry, in addition to translations of William Shakespeare, Ernest Hemingway, and Heinrich Heine. He was married to the novelist Gisken Wildenvey.

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