Alfred Hauge
Encyclopedia
Alfred Hauge was a Norwegian novelist, poet and historian. Hauge wrote extensively about life on the Ryfylke
islands and about Norwegian-American emigration.
, part of Finnøy
municipality in Rogaland
County, Norway.
Hauge is best known for describing the life and adventures of Cleng Peerson
, a pioneer Norwegian immigrant to the United States
in the 1820s. His trilogy included: Hundevakt (1961; "Midwatch”), Landkjenning (1964; "Land Sighting"), and Ankerfeste (1965; “Anchoring”). This collected work was published as Cleng Peerson in Norway during 1968. An English language version was translated by Eric J. Friis and published under the same title during 1975. This publication was released as one of the official publications of the Norwegian Immigration Sesquicentennial.
Hauge received numerous literary awards during his career. In 1955, Hauge won the Gyldendal's Endowment
, a literature prize which was awarded by the Norwegian publisher Gyldendal Norsk Forlag
. In recognition of his work he was also awarded the Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature in 1965.
A memorial to Hauge has been erected on Kyrkjøy at Sjernarøy church (Norwegian: Sjernarøy kirke), an historic wooden church which dates to 1636. Composer Hallvard Johnsen wrote an opera based upon Alfred Hauge's Legenden om Svein og Maria. The opera was first performed on September 3, 1973 by The Norwegian Opera and Ballet (Norwegian: Den Norske Opera & Ballet) in Oslo.
Ryfylke
Ryfylke is a traditional district in Norway, located northeast of Stavanger and east of Haugesund. In the east it borders Setesdal and Sirdal.Ryfylke comprises the contemporary municipalities of Sauda, Suldal, Finnøy, Hjelmeland, Forsand, Strand, Kvitsøy and Rennesøy...
islands and about Norwegian-American emigration.
Biography
Hauge was born and grew up on the island of Kyrkjøy in SjernarøySjernarøy
Sjernarøy is a former municipality in Rogaland county, Norway.Sjernarøy was separated from Nedstrand January 1, 1868. At that point Sjernarøy had 922 inhabitants....
, part of Finnøy
Finnøy
Finnøy is a municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is an island community located in Boknafjorden, 13 nautical miles north of Stavanger.The parish of Finnø was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838...
municipality in Rogaland
Rogaland
is a county in Western Norway, bordering Hordaland, Telemark, Aust-Agder and Vest-Agder. It is the center of the Norwegian petroleum industry, and as a result of this, Rogaland has the lowest unemployment rate of any county in Norway, 1.1%...
County, Norway.
Hauge is best known for describing the life and adventures of Cleng Peerson
Cleng Peerson
Cleng Peerson was a Norwegian-American pioneer who led the first group of Norwegians to emigrate to the United States, traveling on the Norwegian sloop Restauration.-Background:...
, a pioneer Norwegian immigrant to the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
in the 1820s. His trilogy included: Hundevakt (1961; "Midwatch”), Landkjenning (1964; "Land Sighting"), and Ankerfeste (1965; “Anchoring”). This collected work was published as Cleng Peerson in Norway during 1968. An English language version was translated by Eric J. Friis and published under the same title during 1975. This publication was released as one of the official publications of the Norwegian Immigration Sesquicentennial.
Hauge received numerous literary awards during his career. In 1955, Hauge won the Gyldendal's Endowment
Gyldendal's Endowment
Gyldendal's Endowment was a literature prize which was awarded in the period 1934–1995 by the Norwegian publisher Gyldendal Norsk Forlag. The prize was awarded to significant authors, regardless of which publisher the author was associated with...
, a literature prize which was awarded by the Norwegian publisher Gyldendal Norsk Forlag
Gyldendal Norsk Forlag
Gyldendal Norsk Forlag, commonly referred to as Gyldendal, is one of the largest Norwegian publishing houses .-Gyldendal Norsk Forlag AS:Gyldendal Norsk Forlag AS was founded in 1925...
. In recognition of his work he was also awarded the Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature in 1965.
A memorial to Hauge has been erected on Kyrkjøy at Sjernarøy church (Norwegian: Sjernarøy kirke), an historic wooden church which dates to 1636. Composer Hallvard Johnsen wrote an opera based upon Alfred Hauge's Legenden om Svein og Maria. The opera was first performed on September 3, 1973 by The Norwegian Opera and Ballet (Norwegian: Den Norske Opera & Ballet) in Oslo.
Selected works
- Septemberfrost: eit folkelivsbilete frå åra 1812-14 (1941)
- Skyer i drift over vårgrønt land (1945); collection of poetry
- Hans Nielsen Hauge: Guds vandringsmann (1947)
- Tuntreet blør (1953); novel
- Kvinner på Galgebakken (1958); novel
- Cleng Peerson: hundevakt (1961) novel (Part I of Cleng Peerson-trilogy)
- Cleng Peerson: landkjenning (1961) novel (Part II of Cleng Peerson-trilogy)
- Gå vest - gjennom Amerika i emigrantspor (1963) A travel sketch illustrated by Henry Imsland
- Cleng Peerson: ankerfeste. (1965) (Part III of Cleng Peerson-trilogy)
- Mysterium (1967) novel
- Cleng Peerson: utvandring (1968) drama written in collaboration with Asbjørn Toms.
- Det evige sekund (1970) collection of poetry
- Evangelium (1977) collection of poetry
- Barndom (1975) personal recollections
- Ungdom (1977) personal recollections
- Flinta-Lars: det gamle Jæren i tradisjon og folkeminne (1985) folk memories
- Gamle Jæren: andre boka om tradisjon og folkeminne etter Lars A. Tjøtta (1986) folk memories
- Manndom. Livsminne (1999), manuscript published postmortem by Alfred Hauge’s family in cooperation with the publisher GyldendalGyldendalGyldendal may refer to:*Gyldendal, a Danish publishing house*Gyldendal Norsk Forlag, a Norwegian publishing house founded as a demerger from the Danish one*Søren Gyldendal, the founder of the Danish publishing house...
Awards
- Melsom-prisen 1949
- Gyldendal's EndowmentGyldendal's EndowmentGyldendal's Endowment was a literature prize which was awarded in the period 1934–1995 by the Norwegian publisher Gyldendal Norsk Forlag. The prize was awarded to significant authors, regardless of which publisher the author was associated with...
1955 - Sunnmørsprisen 1958, for Kvinner på Galgebakken
- Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature 1965, for the trilogy about Cleng Peerson
- Sokneprest Alfred Andersson-Ryssts fond 1974
- Nynorsk Literature PrizeNynorsk Literature PrizeThe Nynorsk Literature Prize is awarded annually by Noregs Mållag, Det Norske Teatret and Det Norske Samlaget for the best book in either Nynorsk or dialect...
1984, for Serafen