Kitty Lossius Explained

Kitty Lossius
Birth Date:April 19, 1892
Birth Place:Åndalsnes, Norway
Death Place:Oslo, Norway
Occupation:Author
Spouse:Robert Sperati[1]

Kitty Lossius (April 19, 1892 – November 26, 1981)[2] was a Norwegian teacher and novelist.[3] [4] She had a publishing career that lasted nearly fifty years.

Life and work

Lossius grew up in Kristiansund,[5] where she graduated from high school in 1908.[4] She graduated as a teacher from Levanger Normal School in 1914,[4] [6] and she took a four-month course at the State Gymnastics School in 1917.[4]

She debuted with the novel Ranka Paus (1919), and later she wrote the play Grobund (1920) and ten more novels and two books for young girls.[7] [8] [9]

Her books are described as "stamped with the character of Kristiansund."[10] Her debut novel is about a priest's wife that is an author and experiences her opinions colliding with the role of a priest's wife. The play Grobund is about contrasts between the bourgeoisie and the working class.[11] Her books are referred to both as entertaining literature[7] [12] and as psychologically-realistic novels from a bourgeois environment.[13] The novel Enken og jomfruen (The Widow and the Maiden, 1954) is based on actual events; her grandfather's love story with an elderly widow.[14]

Family

Lossius's grandfather Caspar Kahrs Lossius (1799–1868) was a farmer and the mayor of Aure, and her father Caspar Kahrs Lossius (1844–1906) was a ship's captain and hotel owner.[6] After her father's death, Lossius's mother Christine Magdalene (née Eberg)[15] took over running the hotel, and Lossius worked for a time in a bookstore.[16] She worked as a teacher in Kristiansund from 1915 to 1932, when she quit due to illness.[4] In 1934 she was living in Oslo.[4] She was married to the actor Robert Sperati.[1]

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Book: Hydle . Halvdan . Fikkan . Kristian . Hegna . J. B. . Hvem skrev hva i de siste 25 år . 1950 . Schibsted . Oslo . 329.
  2. Encyclopedia: Kitty Lossius . . Kunnskapsforlaget . Oslo . January 4, 2021 . 2019 . no.
  3. Book: Johnsen . Arne Odd . Kristiansunds historie: 1. halvb. Den store veksttid, 1814 . 1963 . I kommisjon hos Barmans bokhandel og Sverdrups bokhandel . Kristiansund . 749.
  4. Book: Espeland . Arne . Norske skolefolk . 1934 . Dreyer . Stavanger . 797.
  5. Book: Grimstad . Leiv Arne . Bjørlykke . Liv Randi . Ruset . Arne . Springflod: forfattarane i Møre og Romsdal . 1994 . Vista . Larsnes . 8299217741 . 141.
  6. Book: Johnsen . Arne Odd . Kristiansunds historie. Bind 5: Den store veksttid, 1814–ca. 1900 . 1965 . Barmans bokhandel . Kristiansund . 745.
  7. Book: Åse Hiorth Lervik . Åse Hiorth Lervik . Kvinneforskermaraton II . 1992 . Universitetet i Tromsø. Nettverk for kvinner i forskning . Tromsø . 8291167001 . 23–28 . Holmen . Tone . Kitty Lossius 'Grobund' (1920), et drama om kjønn og klasse.
  8. Book: Sommerfeldt . W. P. . Norske forfattere 1881–1920: personregister . 1954 . Sverre Dahl . Oslo . 90.
  9. Book: Isaksen . Eva Husebø . Kvinneskjebner i Kitty Lossius forfatterskap. En analyse av romanene Ranka Paus og Pensionærer . 1998 . Hovedoppgave i nordisk, Universitetet i Tromsø . Tromsø.
  10. Book: Aass . Eivind . Byen som brant: Kristiansund 1900–1942 . 1991 . I kommisjon hos Barmans bokhandel . Kristiansund . 480.
  11. Book: Aasen . Elisabeth . Kvinners spor i skrift: supplement til norsk litteraturhistorie . 1986 . Samlaget . Oslo . 8252128432 . 152, 156.
  12. Book: Norsk kvinnelitteraturhistorie Bind 2: 1900–1945 . 1989 . Pax . Oslo . 8253014333 . 167.
  13. Book: Dahl . Willy . Nytt norsk forfatterleksikon . 1971 . Gyldendal . Oslo . 8205004773 . 156.
  14. Book: Orten . Per Eilert . Bygdabok for Aure. Bind 2: "Den nye dagen gryr": bygdabok for Aure 1800–1900: allmenn historie . 2000 . Aure kommune . Aure . 9788299752015 . 372.
  15. Klokkerbok for Grytten prestegjeld, Grytten sokn 1867-1909 (1539P), Fødte og døpte: 1892-06-19.
  16. Folketelling 1910 for 1503 Kristiansund kjøpstad, Tellingskrets: 008, Bosted by: 0008 Storgaten, Leilighet: 03.

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