Sigrid Undset
1882 – 1949 · Norway · Literature
Nobel Prize in Literature, 1928
Kristin Lavransdatter; medieval Norway rendered with modern psychology.
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Inherited from1
- Selma Lagerlöf
1858 – 1940 · Literature
The Nordic historical novel by women is the form Undset brought to Kristin Lavransdatter.
Passed the work to1
- Halldór Laxness
1902 – 1998 · Literature
The saga-realist novel of a northern community is their shared inheritance.
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