Undset
Americannoun
noun
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“Kristin Lavransdatter,” by Sigrid Undset; translated from the Norwegian by Tiina Nunnally.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 31, 2017
The series’ author, Sigrid Undset, received the Nobel Prize for literature in 1928 for “her powerful descriptions of Northern life during the Middle Ages.”
From Slate ● Jan. 11, 2017
These days, Undset encomia are a staple on Catholic-interest websites, and certain corners of literary Twitter flog the series relentlessly.
From Slate ● Jan. 11, 2017
Archaeologist and historian by training, Author Undset is a novelist by instinct and by closely scheduled labor.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Drawn with reference to the vessel found at Sandefjord in 1880, under the superintendence of Ingvald Undset, Assistant at the Christiania University's collection of Northern antiquities.
From The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II by Alexander Leslie
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