Simen Fougner (1701 1783) was a Norwegian farmer poet and non-fiction writer. He was born in Gausdal; the son of farmer Amund Olsen Fougner. He is known as one of the earliest Norwegian authors with a rural background. A selection of his poetry was published posthumously in 1920 and his topographical description of Gausdal was published in 1921. Given a list of categories: company, educational institution, artist, athlete, office holder, mean of transportation, building, natural place, village, animal, plant, album, film or written work, what category does the paragraph belong to?
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