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Sigrid Undset, recipient of the 1928 Nobel Prize for Literature, was born in Kalundborg, Denmark. Her father, an archeologist, died when she was eleven. She began working at 16, taking a job as a secretary. Ten years later she left the job to devote her time to writing.
Undset published her first book, FU MARTA OULIE, when she was 25. Her most famous work is the trilogy KRISTIN LAVRANSDOTTER, which was published from 1920 to 1922. Her autobiography, ELLEVE AAR (THE LONGEST YEARS), was published in 1934.
Sigrid Undset died in Lillehammer, Norway in 1949.
CHRONOLOGY
1882 She was born in Kalundborg, Denmark.
1884 She moved with her family to Christiana, Norway.
1898 She took a job as a secretary.
1907 FU MARTA OULIE
1908 I GRALYSNING; DEN LYKKELIKE ALDER; She resigned her position to devote her time to writing.
1909 FORTELLINGEN OM VIGA-LJOT OG VIGDIS (GUNNAR'S DAUGHTERS)
1910 UNGDOM
1911 JENNY
1912 She married Anders Castus Svarstad.
1914 VAAREN
1915 FORTAELLINGER OM KONG ARTHUR OG RIDDERNE AV DET RUNDE BORD
1917 SPLINTEN AV TROLDSPEILET (IMAGES IN A MIRROR); TRE SOSTRE
1919 ET KVINDESYNSPUNKT
1922 KRISTIN LAVRANSDOTTER
1924 OLAV AUDUNSSON I HESTVIKEN (THE MASTER OF HESTVIKEN); She converted to Catholocism.
1925 SANKT HALVARDS LIV, DOD OG JERTEGN; Her marriage to Anders Castus Svarstad ended.
1927 OLAV AUDUNSSON OG HANS BORN; KATHOLSK PROPAGANDA
1928 She was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.
1929 GYMNADENIA (THE WILD ORCHID)
1930 DEN BRAENDENDE BUSK (THE BURNING BUSH); HELLIG OLAV, NORGES KONGE
1931 SIGURD OG HANS TAPRE VENNER (SIGURD AND HIS BRAVE COMPANIONS)
1932 IDA ELISABETH
1933 ETAPPER: NY RAE KKE (STAGES ON THE ROAD)
1934 NORSKE HELGNER (SAGA OF SAINTS; ELLEVE AAR (ELEVEN YEARS/THE LONGEST YEARS)
1936 DEN TROFASTE HUSTRU (THE FAITHFUL WIFE)
1938 SELVPORTRETTER OG LANDSKAPSBILLEDER (MEN, WOMEN AND PLACES0
1939 MADAME DORTHEA; Both her mother and her daughter died.
1940 She joined the Resistance.; Her son, Anders, was killed in the war.
1942 TILLBAKE TIL GREMTIDEN (RETURN TO THE FUTURE)
1947 LYKKELIGE DAGER (HAPPY TIMES IN NORWAY); She was awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of St. Olav.
1949 ROMANER OG FORTAELLINGER FRA NUTIDEN; MIDDELALDERROMNER; She died in Lillehammer, Norway. (June 10)
1951 CATRINA AV SIENA
1952 ARTIKLER OG TALER FRA KRIGSTIDEN
1960 SIGRID UNDSET'S UNGDOMSTEGNINGER
1963 KIRKE OG KLOSTERLIV
1979 KJAERE DEA
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