Aasmund Olavsson Vinje

Aasmund Olavsson Vinje
BornAasmund Olavsson Vinje
(1818-04-06)6 April 1818
Vinje, Telemark, Norway
Died30 July 1870(1870-07-30) (aged 52)
Gran in Hadeland, Oppland, Norway
OccupationJournalist, poet, essayist
NationalityNorwegian

Aasmund Olavsson Vinje (6 April 1818 – 30 July 1870) was a Norwegian poet and journalist who is remembered for poetry, travel writing, and his pioneering use of Landsmål (now known as Nynorsk).[1]