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Collett, Camilla (1813 - 1895)

Short name Collett, Camilla
VIAF http://viaf.org/viaf/56718081/
First name Camilla
Birth name Wergeland
Married name
Alternative name Jacobine Camilla Wergeland
Date of birth 1813
Date of death 1895
Flourishing -
Sex Female
Place of birth Kristiansand
Place of death Oslo
Lived in Denmark , Norway
Place of residence notes
Johan Gørbitz, Portrait of the Norwegian author Camilla Collett, 1839, Oslo Museum
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Religion / ideology Protestant
Education Educated at home, School education
Aristocratic title -
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Profession(s) Contributor to periodical press , Essayist , Fiction writer/novelist , Literary critic , Social-cultural activist
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Place(s) of Residence Denmark , Norway
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receptions circulations
*Comment on Jacques in private letter (1837)
is also a reception: comments on work Jacques 		0 0
*Letters (commenting Sand) (1840)
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Nogle Strikketøibetragtninger (1842) 0 0
Amtmandens døtre (rec. of George Sand) (1855)
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Amtmandens Døttre (1855) 17 0
Fortællinger (1861) 2 0
I de lange Nætter (rec. of George Sand) (1863)
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I de lange Nætter (1863) 3 0
Sidste Blade: Erindringer og Bekjendelser af Forfatterinden til "Amtmandens Døttre" (1868) 2 0
Kvinden i Literaturen (1877)
is also a reception: comments on work Sprængte lænker , comments on work *Boris Ivanovitsch , comments on work Nora
is also a reception 		0 0
Fra de stummes Lejr (1877) 1 0
Et lyst billede i en mørk ramme (1878) 1 0
Mod strømmen (1879) 1 0
Ekko i Ørkenen : en Hilsen fra Norden til Mrs. Josephine Butler (1880) 1 0
Norway (1884) 0 0
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Circulations of Collett, Camilla, the person (for circulations of her works, see under each individual Work)
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Receptions of Collett, Camilla, the person

For receptions of her works, see under each individual Work.

Title Author Date Type
Camilla Collett [unidentified author, multiple, separate records to be made] , [unidentified author, multiple, separate records to be made] 1886 is biography of
*Chapter in Silhouetter Kieler, Laura 1887 is biography of
Tre Nutidskvinder : Camilla Collett, Lina Morgenstern, Gertrud Guillaume-Schack Tschudi, Clara 1887 is biography of
Camilla Collett Adlersparre, Sophie 1893 is biography of
*Dedication Vogt, Johanne 1893 is dedicated to
Camilla Collett og hendes Indlæg i Kvindesagen [unidentified author, multiple, separate records to be made] 1894 is biography of
Camilla Collett (in Ord & Bild, no 22) Ragna Nielsen 1913 comments on person
*Mention of Camilla Collett in: Naisia. Elämäkerrallisia kuvia Krohn, Helmi 1919 is biography of
El feminismo escandinavo Margarita Nelken 1922 comments on person
Studije i eseji o feminizmu II. Feminizam u modernoj knjizevnosti [Studies and Essays on Feminism II. Feminism in Modern Literature] Hlapec Djordjević, Julka 1937 -
Johan Gørbitz, Portrait of the Norwegian author Camilla Collett, 1839, Oslo Museum None is portrait of

MENTIONED IN:
- Buck, Guide to women's literature, 1992: "In 1873 she at last gave up her anonymity and put her own name on the title page". "[She was a ]pioneer for women's rights and for a social literature full of wit".
- Pléiade p.993
- Lettres européennes (Dutch version 1994) II, 843.

Cf.
- Collett, A., Camilla Colletts livs historie. Oslo, 1911,
- Ellisiv Steen (1908-2001), Camilla Collett om seg selv (1985) (biography)
- Torill Steinfeld, Den unge Camilla Collett, et kvinnehjertes historie (1996) [The young Camilla Collett, the history of a woman’s heart](biography) Collett BIbliography in preparation at the National Library of Norway - see weblink

No French translations in Cat. BnF;
No Dutch translations in KB The Hague
svd feb10

Daughter of Nicolai Wergeland (priest, writer, politician in 1814).
Sister of Hendrik Wergeland (author).

Marriage 1841; husband, Jonas Collett. 4 sons. Published essays and short stories in the 1840s. Her first novel was published in 1854-55, after the death of husband, Jonas Collett.

Her novel Amtmandens Døtre has recently been translated into Bulgarian (Dŭšterite na gubernatora, Sofija: Delakort, 2005), English (The district governor's daughters, Norvik press 1992, and later editions), (Les filles du préfet, Les Classiques du monde,Carouge: Zoe 2010), German (Die Töchter des Amtmanns, Siegen: Carl Böschen Verlag, 2000), Swedish (Amtmannens döttrar, Stockholm:Trevi), 1983).
T.St.06/2011

Well-known Norwegian writer. A pioneer of the novel in Norway, and also in the field of feminist criticism. Published short stories, an autobiographical work, essays, reviews. As a widow she tried to make a living from her publications, with rather poor results. As a young woman she was a guest in Therese von Bacheracht's literary salon in Hamburg in spring 1837 and befriended Theodor von Mundt.

Author of travel writing

KLK 1904

MENTIONED IN: - Offen, European feminisms, 2000, p.120ss: new initiatives