Barbra Ring

Barbra Ring
Portrait of Barbra Ring
Barbra Ring in 1922
Born
Barbra Mathilde Ring

(1870-07-04)4 July 1870
Drammen, Norway
Died6 May 1955(1955-05-06) (aged 84)
NationalityNorwegian
Occupations
  • Novelist
  • short story writer
  • children's writer
  • biographer
  • literary critic
  • theatre critic
ChildrenGerda Ring
RelativesHanna Winsnes (great-grandmother)
Bab Christensen (granddaughter)
Pelle Christensen (grandson)

Barbra Mathilde Ring (4 July 1870 – 6 May 1955) was a Norwegian novelist, short story writer, children's writer, biographer, memoirist, literary critic and theatre critic. She made her literary début in 1904 with the girl's novel Babbens Dagbog. Her children's books about "Peik" and other characters achieved great popularity. Her first novel for adults was Jomfruen, published in 1914.[1][2]

Ring is probably best remembered for her children's books.[3] Her folkloric story "Itte no knussel" (from the story collection Fnugg) is also characterized as a little pearl,[4] and her novel Eldjarstad is named as her best work in this genre.[5]

  1. ^ "Barbra Ring". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 22 January 2011.
  2. ^ Skavlan, Einar (1927). "Ring, Barbra". In Blangstrup, Chr. (ed.). Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon (in Danish). Vol. 20 (2 ed.). Copenhagen: J.H. Schultz Forlagsboghandel. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
  3. ^ Hagemann 1974: pp. 206–207
  4. ^ Amdam 1975
  5. ^ Winsnes 1961: p. 588