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Alexander Kielland (1849–1906)
Kielland or Kjelland, Alexander Lange (chel’and). One of the most prominent of Norwegian novelists and dramatists; born at Stavanger, 1849; died on April 6, 1906. A strong representative of the realistic school, he sought to introduce European culture into Norway, and was a foe to all forms of ecclesiastical tyranny. Notable among his novels are: ‘Garman and Worse’ (1880), his first; ‘Laboring People’ (1881); ‘Skipper Worse’ (1882); ‘Else’ (1881). Of his dramas, which differ from his novels only in having the dialogue form, among the best are: ‘Betty’s Formynder’ (Betty’s Guardian: 1887), ‘Professoren’ (1888). (See Critical and Biographical Introduction).