Tarjei Vesaas | |
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Born | Vinje, Telemark, Norway | August 20, 1897
Died | March 15, 1970 Oslo, Norway | (aged 72)
Language | Nynorsk |
Nationality | Norwegian |
Notable awards | Gyldendals legat (1943) Doblougprisen (1957) |
Spouse | |
Children | Olav Vesaas Guri Vesaas |
Relatives | Sven Moren (father-in-law) Sigmund Moren (brother-in-law) |
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]