Tag: The Art of Compassion

Flight from Norway: Fascinating Facts about Sigrid Undset, Part 2

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Norwegian writer Sigrid Undset deserves her place among women held up as models of greatness simply for her accomplishment as the author of Kristin Lavransdatter, the medieval trilogy for which she won a Nobel Prize in 1928.  But there is so much more.  Part I in this series details her life up to her reception of … Continue reading Flight from Norway: Fascinating Facts about Sigrid Undset, Part 2

Fascinating Facts about Sigrid Undset, Author of Kristin Lavransdatter

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I'm indebted to Thomas More College literature professor Anthony Esolen for questioning why Sigrid Undset so seldom appears on lists of women offered as role models for girls aiming for greatness. Reading The Art of Compassion: A Biography of Sigrid Undset by Yola Miller Sigerson, I now consider the oversight egregious.  Undset's response to the … Continue reading Fascinating Facts about Sigrid Undset, Author of Kristin Lavransdatter