Anton Aure


Anton Magnus Aure was a Norwegian schoolteacher, bibliographer and book collector.

Personal life

Aure was born in Fræna to farmer Jakob Sivertson Aure and Beret Pedersdatter Orten. In 1911 he married Hallgerd Malmfrid Røsok, and in 1918 he married Marta Johanne Aadna.

Career

Aure graduated as schoolteacher in 1911. Aside of his teaching job, he started to collect books written in Nynorsk. His extensive collection was basis for a bibliography of literature published in Nynorsk, and Aure was appointed government scholar in 1919. He started and edited the monthly magazine Ung-Norig in 1918. His publications include the poetry collection Lauv og lyng, Kvinnor i den nynorske bokheimen, Nynorsk boklista. Skrifter i bokform på norsk, Ungdom og bøker, Norskt Bladmannalag gjenom 10 aar, and Prestar som talar nynorsk. His collection of about 6,000 volumes was acquired by the publishing house Det Norske Samlaget after his death, and eventually administered by the National Library of Norway.
He died in Asker in 1924.