Tore Ørjasæter

Tore Ørjasæter (3 March 1886 – 29 February 1968) was a Norwegian educator and poet.

Biography Ørjasæter was born at Skiaker Municipality (later spelled Skjåk) in Christians amt (county), Norway. The son of a teacher, he attended Voss folk high school and qualified as a teacher before becoming a writer.

Ørjasæter's poetry was written in Nynorsk in the Norwegian folk tradition. His writing is influenced by Ivar Aasen, Aasmund Olavsson Vinje and Per Sivle. Like these, he was concerned with modernization of traditional society, and the conflict between individual and community, but he differed from these poets in a more positive attitude to the new society. Towards the end of his life, he also started experimenting with more modernist writing. His main work is considered to be the poem Gudbrand Langleite.

Personal life Ørjasæter was married in 1921 to Aaslaug Skaaden (1896–1988). He then became the father of literary critic (1925–2006) and the father-in-law of professor Tordis Ørjasæter.

Works 1908 - Ættar-arv (Ancestor-heritage) – poetry 1910 - I dalom (In the valleys) – poetry 1913 - Gudbrand Langleite – trilogy, first part 1915 - Manns kvæde (Man's chanting) – poetry 1920 - Bru-millom (Between bridges) – trilogy, second part 1925 - Skiringsgangen (The cleansing walk) 1927 - Skuggen (The shadow) – trilogy, third part 1932 - Elvesong (River song) – poetry 1945 - Livsens tre (The tree of life) – poetry 1948 - Christophoros – play 1949 - Den lange bryllupsreisa (The long honeymoon) – play

Awards Statens kunstnerlønn from 1929 Gyldendal's Endowment 1946 Dobloug Prize 1952 Gudbrandsdal's culture prize of 1957 Melsom-prisen 1968