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Sigrid Undset

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I rolled myself up into a tight ball of resistance and it was thus that I went through my school years.


— Sigrid Undset


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I was sent to a school because my father was already aware that his days were numbered, and he was anxious for me to acquire a good education and follow in his footsteps.


— Sigrid Undset


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I went to work in an office and learned, among other lessons, to do things I did not care for, and to do them well. Before I left this office, two of my books had already been published.


— Sigrid Undset


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Most of my father's life consisted of traveling to almost every part of Europe.


— Sigrid Undset


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It was a boy and he was named after his father. Eystein archbishop of Nidaros. Having been granted a writer's scholarship Sigrid Undset set out on a lengthy journey in Europe.

In 1924 Sigrid Undset converted to Roman Catholicism. Her best-known work is Kristin Lavransdatter a trilogy about life in Scandinavia in the Middle Ages portrayed through the experiences of a woman from birth until death. Sigrid Undset (20 May 1882 – 10 June 1949) was a Norwegian novelist who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1928.

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