VOGT, NILS COLLETT

born Sept. 24, 1864, Christiania [now Oslo], Nor. died Dec. 23, 1937, Oslo Norwegian novelist and poet who dealt with the conflict between the generations and the struggle for intellectual freedom. Vogt was a rebel in a conservative family, and his first novel, Familiens sorg (1889; A Grief to His Family), is about youth in rebellion against a social order dominated by old men. He was greatly in sympathy with the workers' cause and wrote songs for them. He wrote novels, plays, and short stories, but he is remembered mainly for his lyric poetry, published in many volumes, including Det dyre brd (1900; The Precious Bread), Septemberbrand (1907; September Fire), and his last poems, Et liv i digt (1937; A Life in Poetry).