Sigrid Undset
Posted by Tel on March 30, 2009
Sigrid Undset (1882-1949)
Norgwegian Novelist, 1928 Nobel Prize Laureate for Literature
Sigrid Undset is regarded as one of the greatest Norwegian novelists of the twentieth century. In 1928, she was awarded the Nobel Prize in recognition of her contribution to literature. She is best known for Kristin Lavransdatter, a trilogy about Scandinavian life during the Middle Ages. .
Sigrid Undset was born on May 20, 1882, in Kalundborg, Denmark, the daughter of Ingvald Martin Undset and Charlotte Gyth.
Read more… Sigrid Undset, Life and Works
Works by Sigrid Undset:
- Mrs. Marla Oulie, 1907
- Gunnar’s Daughter, 1909
- Jenny, 1911
- Kristin Lavransdatter, 1920-1927
- The Master of Hestviken, 1925-1927
- The Wild Orchid, 1929
- The Burnihg Bush, 1930
- The Longest Years, 1934
- The Faithful Wife, 1936
- Madame Dorthea, 1939
Tore Skille said
I would like to inform you that for the first time there now exists a biography in English of the Nobel laureate Sigrid Undset. Inside the Gate. Sigrid Undset’s life at Bjerkebæk (Aschehoug, 2009) is translated from the Norwegian by Tiina Nunnally. The biography is richly illustrated.
Sincerely Tore Skille
http://www.aschehoug.no/fakta/historie/katalog?productId=15927462
Tel Asiado said
Hi Tore,
Thanks a lot for the information. I trust that friends and readers notices your comment her. I’ll try to relay it too.
Regards.
http://www.aschehoug.no/fakta/historie/katalog?productId=15927462