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Jan 25, 1851 Jæren, Rogaland, Norway Died on 14 Jan 1924 (aged 72)
Norwegian writer
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About Arne Garborg
- Arne Garborg, born Aadne Eivindsson Garborg (25 January 1851, Time – 14 January 1924) was a Norwegian writer. Garborg championed the use of Landsmål (now known as Nynorsk, or New Norwegian), as a literary language; he translated the Odyssey into it.
- He founded the weekly Fedraheimen in 1877, in which he urged reforms in many spheres including political, social, religious, agrarian, and linguistic.
- He was married to Hulda Garborg. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature six times.
