The Maidens' Song

About this film

LibriVox volunteers bring you 11 recordings of The Maidens' Song by Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson. This was the Weekly Poetry project for March 11, 2108. Read in English by Bruce Kachuk; David Lawrence; Newgatenovelist; fshort; Greg Giordano; Lee Ann Howlett; Lawton James; Phil Schempf; RajVO; Biblia and Tomas Peter. Bjørnstjerne Martinius Bjørnson was a Norwegian writer who received the 1903 Nobel Prize in Literature "as a tribute to his noble, magnificent and versatile poetry, which has always been distinguished by both the freshness of its inspiration and the rare purity of its spirit", becoming the first Norwegian Nobel laureate. Bjørnson is considered to be one of The Four Greats (De Fire Store) among Norwegian writers, the others being Henrik Ibsen, Jonas Lie, and Alexander Kielland. Bjørnson is also celebrated for his lyrics to the Norwegian National Anthem, - Summary by Wikipedia For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org . M4B Audiobook (5MB)

Directors & creators

Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson

Subjects

librivox; audiobooks; poetry; literature; nature; philosophy

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