Sigrid Undset

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Sigrid Undset was a Norwegian novelist and Nobel Prize in Literature laureate best known for her medieval trilogy "Kristin Lavransdatter."


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Nobel Prize in Literature laureate
Norwegian writer
human
novelist
awardReceived Grand Cross of the Order of St. Olav
Nobel Prize in Literature
burialPlace Mesnali cemetery near Lillehammer
convertedTo Roman Catholicism
countryOfBirth Denmark
countryOfCitizenship Norway
countryOfDeath Norway
dateOfBirth 1882-05-20
dateOfDeath 1949-06-10
employer Kongelige Frederiks Universitet (as office worker in youth)
familyName Undset
fledCountry Norway during World War II
gender female
genre historical fiction
realist literature
givenName Sigrid
hasChild Anders Svarstad Jr.
Hans Svarstad
Maren Svarstad
influenced Norwegian historical novel tradition
knownFor depictions of medieval Norway
strong female protagonists
languageOfWorkOrName Norwegian
livedIn United States during World War II
memberOf Norwegian Academy for Language and Literature
movement Catholic literary revival
name Sigrid Undset
NobelPrizeCategory Literature
NobelPrizeYear 1928
notableWork Kristin Lavransdatter
The Master of Hestviken
occupation essayist
novelist
short story writer
placeOfBirth Kalundborg
placeOfDeath Lillehammer
politicalStance anti-Nazism
religion Roman Catholicism
residence Lillehammer
spouse Anders Castus Svarstad
subjectOf biographical studies on Norwegian literature
writingPeriod early 20th century
interwar period
writingStyle psychological realism


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