caption movement death_date death_place birth_name birth_place imagesize nationality birth_date image article_title name occupation
kielland in later years realism 6 april 1906 bergen , norway alexander lange kielland stavanger , norway 200px norwegian 18 february 1849 alexander kielland.jpg alexander kielland
 alexander l. kielland novelist , businessman , and politician . , short story writer , playwright , essayist
alexander kielland

alexander lange kielland -lrb- ; 18 february 1849 -- 6 april 1906 -rrb- was one of the most famous norwegian realistic writers of the 19th century .
he is one of the so-called `` the four greats '' of norwegian literature , along with henrik ibsen , bjørnstjerne bjørnson and jonas lie .
