Kitty Lossius | |
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Born | |
Died | November 26, 1981 | (aged 89)
Occupation | Author |
Spouse | Robert Sperati [1] |
Kitty Lossius (April 19, 1892 – November 26, 1981) [2] was a Norwegian teacher and novelist. [3] [4] She had a publishing career that lasted nearly fifty years.
Lossius grew up in Kristiansund, [5] where she graduated from high school in 1908. [4] She graduated as a teacher from Levanger Normal School in 1914, [4] [6] and she took a four-month course at the State Gymnastics School in 1917. [4]
She debuted with the novel Ranka Paus (1919), and later she wrote the play Grobund (1920) and ten more novels and two books for young girls. [7] [8] [9]
Her books are described as "stamped with the character of Kristiansund." [10] Her debut novel is about a priest's wife that is an author and experiences her opinions colliding with the role of a priest's wife. The play Grobund is about contrasts between the bourgeoisie and the working class. [11] Her books are referred to both as entertaining literature [7] [12] and as psychologically-realistic novels from a bourgeois environment. [13] The novel Enken og jomfruen (The Widow and the Maiden, 1954) is based on actual events; her grandfather's love story with an elderly widow. [14]
Lossius's grandfather Caspar Kahrs Lossius (1799–1868) was a farmer and the mayor of Aure, and her father Caspar Kahrs Lossius (1844–1906) was a ship's captain and hotel owner. [6] After her father's death, Lossius's mother Christine Magdalene (née Eberg) [15] took over running the hotel, and Lossius worked for a time in a bookstore. [16] She worked as a teacher in Kristiansund from 1915 to 1932, when she quit due to illness. [4] In 1934 she was living in Oslo. [4] She was married to the actor Robert Sperati. [1]
Kitty Lossius | |
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Born | |
Died | November 26, 1981 | (aged 89)
Occupation | Author |
Spouse | Robert Sperati [1] |
Kitty Lossius (April 19, 1892 – November 26, 1981) [2] was a Norwegian teacher and novelist. [3] [4] She had a publishing career that lasted nearly fifty years.
Lossius grew up in Kristiansund, [5] where she graduated from high school in 1908. [4] She graduated as a teacher from Levanger Normal School in 1914, [4] [6] and she took a four-month course at the State Gymnastics School in 1917. [4]
She debuted with the novel Ranka Paus (1919), and later she wrote the play Grobund (1920) and ten more novels and two books for young girls. [7] [8] [9]
Her books are described as "stamped with the character of Kristiansund." [10] Her debut novel is about a priest's wife that is an author and experiences her opinions colliding with the role of a priest's wife. The play Grobund is about contrasts between the bourgeoisie and the working class. [11] Her books are referred to both as entertaining literature [7] [12] and as psychologically-realistic novels from a bourgeois environment. [13] The novel Enken og jomfruen (The Widow and the Maiden, 1954) is based on actual events; her grandfather's love story with an elderly widow. [14]
Lossius's grandfather Caspar Kahrs Lossius (1799–1868) was a farmer and the mayor of Aure, and her father Caspar Kahrs Lossius (1844–1906) was a ship's captain and hotel owner. [6] After her father's death, Lossius's mother Christine Magdalene (née Eberg) [15] took over running the hotel, and Lossius worked for a time in a bookstore. [16] She worked as a teacher in Kristiansund from 1915 to 1932, when she quit due to illness. [4] In 1934 she was living in Oslo. [4] She was married to the actor Robert Sperati. [1]