Simon Johnson papers, 1907-1925

Biography/History: 
Simen Johannessen (later known as Simon Johnson) was born in Øyer in Oppland County, Norway. His family emigrated to the United States in 1881, when he was 7 years old. Johnson, called "The Poet of the Prairie," In 1907, his first novel Et geni was published. His next book, Lonea. Fortælling followed in 1909. Fire fortællinger was released in 1917. Fallitten paa Braastad, written in 1922, tells of a farm built by hard work. The 1925 novel Frihetens hjem was a sequel with a focus on next-generation emigrants. Johnson's third book, I et nyt rige was published in 1914. He was editor of the Grand Forks Normanden, and co-editor of Decorah-Posten. "An Immigrant Boy on the Frontier" by Johnson, translated by Nora Solum, appeared in Studies, volume 23, 1967.

Scope and Content: 
Short stories, novels, and poems in print and typescript by a Norwegian-born novelist, short story writer, poet, and editor.