Tag: World War II

American Exile and Return to Norway: Fascinating Facts about Sigrid Undset Part 3

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On the evening  of April 7, 1940, two days before the Nazis invaded Sigrid Undset's homeland, the Nobel prizewinner was in Oslo speaking at a meeting of the Norwegian Students' Association.  The guest of honor was Catholic Worker co-founder Dorothy Day. Neither woman could have imagined that they'd  meet again, but two nights after the … Continue reading American Exile and Return to Norway: Fascinating Facts about Sigrid Undset Part 3

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