Minda Ramm | |
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Born | Minda Mathea Olava Ramm 27 December 1859
Sogndal, Norway |
Died | 11 April 1924 | (aged 64)
Nationality | Norwegian |
Occupation | writer |
Spouse |
Minda Mathea Olava Ramm (27 December 1859 – 11 April 1924) was a Norwegian novelist, translator and literary critic.
Ramm was born in Sogndal, [1] to Vally Marie Caroline Juell and parish priest Jens Ludvig Carl Olsen. [2] While being a student in Kristiania, she was a founding member of the women's discussion society Skuld , a forerunner to the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights. [3] Ramm served as the society's first secretary, while the other five co-founders were Cecilie Thoresen, Anna Bugge, Laura Rømcke , Marie Holst, and Betzy Børresen (later Kjelsberg). [4] Ramm graduated as cand.real. in 1890. [1] In 1893 she married writer Hans E. Kinck. [2] Shortly after their marriage, the couple travelled to Paris, where they stayed for about one year. [5]
Ramm made her literary debut in 1896, with the novel Lommen ("The Pocket"), where a female student tells her story. Later books include Overtro. Skildringer fra ottiårene ("Superstition. Narratives from the Eighties") (1898), a psychological study. Further the satirical Valgaar ("Election Year") from 1909, and finally Fotfæste ("Footgrip") from 1918, [1] [6] which has been described as her major work. [3]