SIGRID UNDSET.

A biography of Sigrid Undset, the third Norwegian woman Nobel Prize awardee is presented. She was born on May 20, 1882 in Kalundborg, Denmark and when her father died when she was only eleven years old, she decided to work and entered commercial school. Her novels gave her the opportunity to study a...

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Publicado en:Giants in Their Field: An Introduction to the Nobel Prizes in Literature pp. 296 - 299
Autor principal: Gunther, Ralph
Formato: Biography
Publicado: Digitalia Publishing Corp. 1993
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Sumario:A biography of Sigrid Undset, the third Norwegian woman Nobel Prize awardee is presented. She was born on May 20, 1882 in Kalundborg, Denmark and when her father died when she was only eleven years old, she decided to work and entered commercial school. Her novels gave her the opportunity to study abroad and leave the world of business and pursue her literary career.