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Nini Roll Anker (3 May 1873 – 20 May 1942) was a Norwegian novelist and playwright. Her books often concerned the lives of women within different social classes as well as the women's rights movement and the rights of the working class.
Nini Roll Anker (3 May 1873 – 20 May 1942) was a Norwegian novelist and playwright. Her books often concerned the lives of women within different social classes as well as the women's rights movement and the rights of the working class.
Personal life
Nicoline Magdalene Roll was born atMolde
Molde () is a List of towns and cities in Norway, town and the seat of Molde Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Romsdal. It is located on the Romsdal Pen ...
in Møre og Romsdal
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, Norway. She was the daughter of stipendiary magistrate and later member of parliament
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and minister Ferdinand Nicolai Roll
Ferdinand Nicolai Roll (28 May 1831 – 28 February 1921) was a Norwegian jurist and politician for the Conservative Party.
He was born in Trondhjem as the son of judge and politician Jacob Roll and his third wife Nicoline Selmer.Stockholm
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while her father served as the Minister of Justice and Supreme Court Attorney.
She was married twice, first in 1892 to land owner Peter Martin Anker (1863–1939), a son of politician Nils Anker. After a divorce in 1907, she married his cousin, engineer and sailor Johan August Anker in 1910. The couple settled at Lillehaugen in Asker Municipality.
Career
She made her literary debut with the novel ''I blinde'' in 1898, using the pseudonym Jo Nein. In total, she wrote 18 novels, three novel collections and four plays. Among her later novels are ''Det svake kjøn'' (1915) and '' Den som henger i en tråd'' (1935). The biographical ''Min venn Sigrid Undset'' ("My friend Sigrid Undset") and the diary novel ''Kvinnen og den svarte fuglen'' were published posthumously. In ''Den som henger i en tråd'' ("Those Hanging by a Thread"), the protagonist "Karen Anna" (or "Karna" for short) works as a seamstress in a clothing factory. The novel portrays a group of unmarried women and their challenges in the society, and treats various topics ofwomen's rights
Women's rights are the rights and Entitlement (fair division), entitlements claimed for women and girls worldwide. They formed the basis for the women's rights movement in the 19th century and the feminist movements during the 20th and 21st c ...
and workers' rights
Labor rights or workers' rights are both legal rights and human rights relating to labor relations between workers and employers. These rights are codified in national and international labor and employment law. In general, ...
, including reproductive rights
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Reproductive rights ...
, aspects of religion and social issues. The novel was adapted for television and staged at Fjernsynsteatret in 1980.
She died at Asker
Asker (), also called Asker proper (''Askerbygda'' or ''gamle Asker'' in Norwegian), is a district and former Municipalities of Norway, municipality in Akershus, Norway, located approximately 20km southwest of Oslo. From 2020 it is part of the ...
in May 1942. Nini Roll Anker and Johan Anker were both buried at Vestre gravlund in Oslo.
Selected works
* ''Lill-Anna og de andre'' (1906) * ''Benedicte Stendal'' (1909) * ''De vaabenløse'' (1912) *''Fru Castrups datter'' (1918) *''Kirken – skuespill'' (1920) * ''Huset i Søgaten'' (1923) * ''Komedien. Skuespil i tre akter'' (1923) * ''Kvindesind'' (1924) * ''Det svake kjønn'' (1924) * ''I amtmandsgaarden'' (1925) * ''Piken. Skuespil i tre akter'' (1925) * ''Under skraataket'' (1927) * ''Prisopgaven'' (1928) * ''Enken'' (1932) * ''Elling Torsens hjem'' (1934) * ''På ærens mark. Skuespill i tre akter'' (1934) * ''Den som henger i en tråd'' (1935) * ''På egen grunn'' (1936) * ''Små avsløringer'' (1937) * ''Bak Munkeruds fasade'' (1938) * ''Kvinnen og den svarte fuglen'' (1945) * ''Min venn Sigrid Undset'' (1946)References
Further reading
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