Kransen sigrid undset biography

Undset: Banquet Speech. Sagas of Saints, translated by E. Chater London: Cassell, ;.

Sigrid undset nobel prize

Kristin Lavransdatter, translated by Charles Archer and J. Scott London: Abacus, ;. Instead, I wish to offer a salute to Sweden. On the other hand, the Nobel Prize marked the culmination of her efforts to write historical fiction recognized for its poetry as well as its realism. The trilogy Kristin Lavransdatter has been in continuous print since its original publication and has been translated into more than seventy languages.

In addition to historical novels, Undset wrote more than twenty novels and collections of short stories. As a young author Undset quickly found that poetry and drama were not suited to her talents and the topics she wished to address. She turned to the novel, short story , and essay as the genres that best accommodated her determination to address the conditions of her time.