He is known as the person who coined the term «Sørlandet» as a region of Norway. His writing was much influenced by Danish authors, in particular Holger Drachmann. First volume of poetry (1891) included two of his best-known verses: «Fandango» and «Der skreg en Fugl» (A bird cried).
At 16 he got his first poem published in the paper Fædrelandsvennen. Krag read a lot of Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson and Henrik Ibsen's work and is clearly inspired by both of them. The 25th of October 1890 his breakthrough came when his fellow student Jens Thiis performed the poem «Fandango» in Studentersamfundet in Oslo. The poem marks the beginning of Norwegian neo-romanticism, a poetic historical period dominated by Vilhelm Krag hiVilhelm Krag was a Norwegian author.
He is known as the person who coined the term «Sørlandet» as a region of Norway. His writing was much influenced by Danish authors, in particular Holger Drachmann. First volume of poetry (1891) included two of his best-known verses: «Fandango» and «Der skreg en Fugl» (A bird cried).
At 16 he got his first poem published in the paper Fædrelandsvennen. Krag read a lot of Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson and Henrik Ibsen's work and is clearly inspired by both of them. The 25th of October 1890 his breakthrough came when his fellow student Jens Thiis performed the poem «Fandango» in Studentersamfundet in Oslo. The poem marks the beginning of Norwegian neo-romanticism, a poetic historical period dominated by Vilhelm Krag himself. This period involved the use of new exotic foreig words.
Krag's poems were often melodic, which inspired many a composer, including Edvard Grieg who set music to some of Krag's poems....more
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