The work of the famous Norwegian expressionist artist Edvard Munch (1863–1944) is fraught with many mysteries and dramatically embodies the “spirit of the times” - the atmosphere of Europe in those decades in which his long life occurred. The most famous of his paintings, “The Scream,” for many became a tragic symbol of the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, a harbinger of world wars and cataclysms of the 20th century. The book by philologist, writer and art historian Atle Naess is a standard modern biography of Munch, revealing the secrets of his work and allowing us to get to know Munch better as a creator and as a person. The author soulfully talks about the joys and hardships that befell the artist, about his difficult family history, about the struggle for recognition, about falls and triumphs, about those with whom he was friends and in whom he found support, and, of course, about his love affairs. relationships - and about the fear of love, which for him has always been associated with danger, loss and pain. The publication contains numerous color reproductions of Munch's paintings and photographs from the family archive. The author uses extensive factual material - letters and diaries of the artist, testimonies of contemporaries and other rarely published documents. The publishing design is preserved in PDF A4 format.