Human Accomplishment: Henrik Wergeland

a Norwegian writer, most celebrated for his poetry but also a prolific playwright, polemicist, historian, and linguist

Born

Henrik Arnold Thaulow Wergeland 17 June 1808 Kristiansand, Denmark-Norway

Died

12 July 1845 (aged 37) Christiania (now Oslo ), Norway

Occupation

Poet, playwright and non-fiction writer

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Norway

era

1800+

Literary movement

Romanticism

Pen name

Siful Sifadda ( farces )

Period

1829–1845