The Birds, original Nynorsk

Nynorsk

Nynorsk or New Norwegian is one of two official written standards for the Norwegian language, the other being Bokmål. The standard language was created by Ivar Aasen during the mid-19th century, to provide a Norwegian alternative to the Danish language which was commonly written in Norway at the...

 title Fuglane, is a novel by Norwegian

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 author Tarjei Vesaas

Tarjei Vesaas

[Tarjei Vesaas was a Norwegian poet and novelist. Born in Vinje, Telemark, Vesaas is widely considered to be one of Norway's greatest writers of the twentieth century and perhaps its most important since World War II....

. It was first released in 1957, and has been translated into several languages.

Synopsis

The story revolves around the inner world of Matthew, who is mentally challenged and lives with his sister.

Legacy

Being regarded as one of Vesaas' most important novels, it was included in the major 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...

's 30 picks for Norway's national literature both in 1967 and 1996. In 2007, the Norwegian Festival of Literature

Norwegian Festival of Literature

The Norwegian Festival of Literature is the biggest literary festival in the Nordic countries taking place in May at Lillehammer every year since 1995...

 included it in a best-of list of 25 Norwegian literary works, picked by a jury of ten.

Film

The 1968 motion picture Matthew's Days

Matthew's Days

Matthew's Days is a 1968 Polish drama film directed by Witold Leszczyński. It was listed to compete at the 1968 Cannes Film Festival, but the festival was cancelled due to the events of May 1968 in France...

by Witold Leszczyński

Witold Leszczyński

Witold Leszczyński was a Polish film director and screenwriter. He directed twelve films between 1959 and 2001.-Filmography:* Requiem * Koloss * Siekierezada * Konopielka...

was based on the novel.