Sigrid Undset (20 May 1882 – 10 June 1949) was a Norwegian-Danish novelist who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1928.Undset was born in Kalundborg, Denmark, but her family moved to Norway when she was two years old. In 1924, she converted to Catholicism. 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 World War II ended 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.
Sigrid Undset
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Sigrid Undset Svarstad, Undset, ウンセット, and 41 others
Sigrida Undsete, Sigrid Undsetová, Сыгрыд Унсэт, Сигридъ Ундсетъ, Сігрід Унсет, Zigride Undset, Сігрыд Унсет, Сигрид Унсет, زیگرید اوندست, سگرڈ انڈسٹ, Σίγκριντ Ούντσετ, Ундсет, Sīgrīd Ūndsit, سيغريد أوندست, Sigrid Undseṭ, Zigrid Undset', सिग्रिड उंडसेट, Unsetto, Sigrida Unsete, סיגריד אונדסט, സിഗ്രിഡ് ഉൺസെറ്റ്, Sigrid Unset'i, Siqrid Unset, سگریڈ انڈسٹ, Z. Undsete, Sigrija Undsete, 시그리드 운세트, سيغريد أوندست،, Sigrida Undset, Sigrija Unsete, Sygryda Undset, シグリ・ウンセット, ಸಿಗ್ರಿಡ್ ಅಂಡ್ಸೆಟ್, Singrid Undset, Sīfrīd Uwndsit, सिग्रिड उन्डसेट, სიგრიდ უნსეტი, 西格丽德·温塞特, Sigrid Unset, Сигрид Ундсет, Sigrid Undset - Born:
- March 12, 1882
- Died:
- March 12, 1949
