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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ಸಿಗ್ರಿಡ್ ಅಂಡ್ಸೆಟ್, Sigrida Unsete, Zigrid Undset', and 42 others
Σίγκριντ Ούντσετ, Sigrid Unset'i, Zigride Undset, سيغريد أوندست, سگرڈ انڈسٹ, Sygryda Undset, Sigrid Undset Svarstad, Sīgrīd Ūndsit, ウンセット, زیگرید اوندست, Сигрид Ундсет, Сигрид Унсет, Singrid Undset, Sigrida Undset, სიგრიდ უნსეტი, سگریڈ انڈسٹ, സിഗ്രിഡ് ഉൺസെറ്റ്, Сігрыд Унсет, Sigrija Unsete, Сигридъ Ундсетъ, Ундсет, Сігрід Унсет, Unsetto, 시그리드 운세트, シグリ・ウンセット, Z. Undsete, Sigrid Undsetová, Sigrid Unset, Sigrida Undsete, Sigrid Undseṭ, Sigrid Undset, Siqrid Unset, Sigrija Undsete, Sīfrīd Uwndsit, सिग्रिड उन्डसेट, 시그리드운세트, 西格丽德·温塞特, Undset, סיגריד אונדסט, Сыгрыд Унсэт, सिग्रिड उंडसेट, سيغريد أوندست، - Born:
- March 12, 1882
- Died:
- March 12, 1949
