MS
The basics
Quick facts
Intro
Norwegian writer
Gender:
Female
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Birth:
(Christiania)
Death:
(Oslo)
Family:
Father:
Bernhard Dunker
Spouse(s):
Peter Olrog Schjøtt
Children:
Sofie Schjøtt
The details
Biography
Mathilde Schjøtt (19 February 1844 – 13 January 1926) was a Norwegian writer, literary critic, biographer and feminist. She made her literary debut with the anonymous Venindernes samtale om Kvindens Underkuelse in 1871. She was a literary critic for the magazine Nyt Tidsskrift, and her play Rosen was published anonymously in this periodical in 1882. She was a co-founder of the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights in 1884, and a member its first board. She wrote a biography on Alexander L. Kielland in 1904.
She was married to philologist and politician Peter Olrog Schjøtt.