Camilla Collett
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Norwegian author and women's rights activist
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Camilla
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Norway
- Place of birth
- Christiansand
- Place of death
- Christiania
- Child
- Robert Collett
- Father
- Nicolai Wergeland
- Occupation
- women's rights activist
- Languages spoken
- Danish
- Official website
- www.dokpro.uio.no/litteratur/collett
- Image
- Camilla Collett 1839.jpg
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- Commons category
- Camilla Collett
- date of birth
- 1813-01-23
- birth name
- Jacobine Camilla Wergeland
- date of death
- 1895-03-06
- Commons Creator page
- Camilla Collett
- place of burial
- Vår Frelsers gravlund
- Commons gallery
- Camilla Collett
- writing language
- Norwegian
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Encyclopedic overview
Camilla Collett (1839) Jacobine Camilla Collett (née Wergeland; 23 January 1813 – 6 March 1895) was a Norwegian writer, often referred to as the first Norwegian feminist. She was also the younger sister of Norwegian poet Henrik Wergeland, and is recognized as being one of the first contributors to realism in Norwegian literature. Her younger brother was Major General Joseph Frantz Oscar Wergeland. She became an honorary member of the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights when the association was founded in 1884.
Life
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