Henrik Wergeland Writer

Henrik Arnold Thaulow Wergeland (17 June 1808 – 12 July 1845) was a Norwegian writer, most celebrated for his poetry but also a prolific playwright, polemicist, historian, and linguist. He is often described as a leading pioneer in the development of a distinctly Norwegian literary heritage and of modern Norwegian culture.Though Wergeland only lived to be 37, his range of pursuits covered literature, theology, history, contemporary politics, social issues, and science. His views were controversial in his time, and his literary style was variously denounced as subversive.

Personal facts

Pseudonym	Siful Sifadda (farces)
Birth date	June 17, 1808
Birth place	Norway , Kristiansand
Nationality	Norway
Date of death	July 12, 1845
Place of death	Norway , Oslo

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Career start	1829
Career end	1845
influenced	Henrik Ibsen Knut Hamsun Jan Erik Vold Edvard Hoem Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson Jonas Lie Eilert Sundt Per Sivle
movement	Romanticism