Elise Aubert (8 February 1837 – 30 November 1909) was a Norwegian novelist, short-story writer, and non-fiction writer.

Biography

Elise Sofie Aars was born in

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county, Norway. She was the daughter of priest and politician Nils Fredrik Julius Aars (1807–65) and Sofie Elisabeth Stabel (1813–86). She grew up in rectories located in

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and

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. She married professor and government minister

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. Among their children were jurist

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(1868–1908) and film critic

Sofie Aubert Lindbæk Sofie Aubert Lindbæk (19 May 1875 – 29 October 1953) was a Norwegian author, teacher, and film critic. She was born in Christiania (now Oslo) to professor, jurist, and politician Ludvig Mariboe Benjamin Aubert (1838–1896) and author ...

(1875–1953).Terje Bratberg:''Aubert'' (Store norske leksikon)
/ref> During the 1870s, Aubert delivered short stories, articles, and serials to newspapers, signing with the pseudonyms "Tante Dorthe" or "E-e". Some of these were collected and released as the book ''Fra Hovedstaden i Syttiaarene'' in 1892. Among her novels are ''Dagny'' (1882) and ''Bølgeslag'' (1886). Aubert published the memoir ''Fra de gamle Prestegaarde'' (From the Old Vicarages) in 1902. After her death in 1909, a selection of her letters and diaries (''Fra Krinoline-Tiden. Elise Auberts Ungdomsbreve og Dagbøker'') were edited and published in 1921 by her daughter, Sofie Lindbæk.

Selected works

*''Hjemmefra. Fortællinger for de Unge'' (1878) *''Kirsten. En Fortælling'' (1880) *''Et Juleminde'' (1881) *''Stedbarnet. Fortælling'' (1889) *''Forfængelighed. Fortælling'' (1890) *''Fjeldfolk. To Fortællinger'' (1893) *''Dage som svandt'' (1903) *''Glimt'' (1904) *''Tidens tegn'' (1906)

References

Other sources

*Aubert, Elise (2012) ''Fra Krinoline-tiden: Elise Auberts Ungdomsbreve Og Dagbøker'' (Nabu Press) {{DEFAULTSORT:Aubert, Elise 1837 births 1909 deaths People from Lier, Norway Norwegian non-fiction writers Norwegian women non-fiction writers Norwegian memoirists Women diarists Norwegian women novelists 19th-century Norwegian novelists 20th-century Norwegian novelists 20th-century Norwegian women writers 19th-century Norwegian women writers Burials at the Cemetery of Our Saviour 19th-century memoirists 19th-century Norwegian diarists