![]() ![]() He emigrated to the United States in 1904, but returned to Norway during the summer of 1906. ![]() His childhood home, from which he got his surname at birth, was called Portåsen. His mother remained unmarried while his father married her younger sister. He was the son of Lauritz Portaas and Hanna Kristine Grosvold. Wildenvey was born at Mjøndalen in Nedre Eiker, near the city of Drammen in Buskerud, Norway. He was married to the novelist Gisken Wildenvey. During his lifetime he published 44 books of his own poetry, in addition to translations of William Shakespeare, Ernest Hemingway, and Heinrich Heine. Herman Wildenvey (20 July 1885 – 27 September 1959), born Herman Theodor Portaas, was one of the most prominent Norwegian poets of the twentieth century. ![]()
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