Tarjei Vesaas

Tarjei Vesaas
Tarjei Vesaas (1967)
Tarjei Vesaas (1967)
Born(1897-08-20)August 20, 1897
Vinje, Telemark, Norway
DiedMarch 15, 1970(1970-03-15) (aged 72)
Oslo, Norway
LanguageNynorsk
NationalityNorwegian
Notable awardsGyldendals legat (1943)
Doblougprisen (1957)
Spouse
(m. 1934)
ChildrenOlav Vesaas
Guri Vesaas
RelativesSven Moren (father-in-law)
Sigmund Moren (brother-in-law)
Midtbø in Vinje, site of the home of novelist Tarjei Vesaas and poet Halldis Moren Vesaas

Tarjei Vesaas (20 August 1897 – 15 March 1970) was a Norwegian poet and novelist. Vesaas is widely considered to be one of Norway's greatest writers of the twentieth century and perhaps its most important since World War II.[1]

  1. ^ "Nomination Database". www.nobelprize.org. Retrieved 2017-01-23.

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