Alvilde Prydz (5 August 1846 – 5 September 1922) was aNorwegian novelist.[1]
She was born nearFredrikshald, now Halden inØstfold county, Norway. Her parents were Paul Fredrik Birkenbusch Prydz (1810–1908) a merchant and customs inspector and Andersine Nicoline Lund (1815–1899). She grew up in a large group of children on the farm of Tosterød Fredrikshald. The family moved toChristiania, where Alvilde studies at the local the schools. When she was 19 years old, she earned her first post as a governess in the family of a priest inTelemark. Between 1866–67, she attended a local girls' school (Nissens Pigeskoles Guvernantekurs). When the priest and his family moved toHitra Municipality inSør-Trøndelag county, she went there for three years of work and self-study.[2]
In 1880, she gained some attention by the storyAgn og Agnar (1880). In 1884, she met inCopenhagen with writerAmalie Skram, who encouraged her. After the publication ofI Moll (1885) she received a government stipend and traveled in Denmark, Germany, Switzerland, and Italy. The bulk of her published writing appeared in the 1890s. She won popularity and her works were translated into several languages. Her work has appeared in English=language editions, most notablyThe Heart of the Northern Sea (1907) andSanpriel: the Promised Land (1914).[3]
She was a sister ofSupreme Court Justice,Frithjof Prydz.[4]
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