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Oslo’s bishop on why Sigrid Undset’s complex life, compelling writing resonate from Norway to US
Sigrid Undset
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Sigrid Undset (Norwegian pronunciation: [ˈsɪ̂ɡːɾiː ˈʉ̂nːseːt]; 20 May 1882 – 10 June 1949) was a Danish-born Norwegian novelist. She was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1928. Born in Denmark and raised in Norway, Undset had her first books of historical fiction published in 1907. She fled Norway for the United States in 1940 because of her opposition to Nazi Germany and the German invasion and occupation of Norway, but returned after the end of World War II in Europe in 1945. Her best-known work is Kristin Lavransdatter, a trilogy about life in Norway in the Middle Ages, portrayed through the experiences of a woman from birth until death. Its three volumes were published between 1920 and 1922.
Career
- 1882Born
- 1928Won Nobel Prize in Literature
- 1947Won Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Olav
- 1949Passed away
- Member of Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters
- Member of American Geographical Society
- Won Order of the Falcon
- Notable work: Kristin Lavransdatter
- Notable work: Jenny
- Notable work: The Master of Hestviken
Trivia
- •Place of birth: Kalundborg
- •Citizenship: Norway
- •Known as: novelist, translator, writer, screenwriter
- •Genre: historical prose literature
- •Spouse: Anders Castus Svarstad
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Sigrid Undset’s Surprising Epilogue — and Why ‘Her Writing Opens Up the Whole World of Christendom to Modern Readers’
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Cause for Canonization for Nobel Prize-Winning Scandinavian Novelist Sigrid Undset to Open This Fall
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Norway opens the cause for the canonization of the writer and Nobel Prize winner Sigrid Undset
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A Nobel Prize on the path to sainthood: Bishop of Oslo announces the start of Sigrid Undset’s canonization process
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Beyond Kristin Lavransdatter: Sigrid Undset as convert, intellectual, reader of hearts
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Norwegian Church to open famed novelist Sigrid Undset's cause for canonization
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From Nobel laureate to candidate for sainthood: Norway opens cause for novelist Sigrid Undset
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100 Years After Sigrid Undset’s Conversion: The First Vocation From Lillehammer, Norway
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