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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Sīgrīd Ūndsit, 시그리드 운세트, ಸಿಗ್ರಿಡ್ ಅಂಡ್ಸೆಟ್, and 41 others
सिग्रिड उन्डसेट, Sigrida Unsete, Сигрид Унсет, სიგრიდ უნსეტი, Sigrid Undset Svarstad, زیگرید اوندست, Сыгрыд Унсэт, Sigrija Unsete, Sigrid Undsetová, Sigrida Undset, Sīfrīd Uwndsit, Сигридъ Ундсетъ, സിഗ്രിഡ് ഉൺസെറ്റ്, Ундсет, ウンセット, Singrid Undset, Undset, סיגריד אונדסט, Sigrida Undsete, Sigrija Undsete, Сігрід Унсет, Сигрид Ундсет, सिग्रिड उंडसेट, 西格丽德·温塞特, Сігрыд Унсет, Unsetto, Sigrid Unset'i, Sigrid Undseṭ, Sigrid Undset, سيغريد أوندست, Siqrid Unset, Z. Undsete, سگریڈ انڈسٹ, シグリ・ウンセット, Sigrid Unset, Σίγκριντ Ούντσετ, Zigride Undset, Zigrid Undset', سگرڈ انڈسٹ, Sygryda Undset, سيغريد أوندست، - Born:
- March 12, 1882
- Died:
- March 12, 1949
