Sigrid Undset
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Sigrid Undset was a Norwegian author who lived from 1882 to 1949 and became one of the most significant literary figures of her time. She is important in literary history as a major voice in twentieth-century fiction, though specific details about her most influential works and achievements would require additional context to fully explain.
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Sigrid Undset ( Norwegian pronunciation: [ˈsɪ̂ɡːɾiː ˈʉ̂nːseːt]; 20 May 1882 – 10 June 1949) was a Danish-born Norwegian novelist. She was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1928.
Born in Denmark and raised in Norway, Undset had her first books of historical fiction published in 1907. She fled Norway for the United States in 1940 because of her opposition to Nazi Germany and the German invasion and occupation of Norway, but returned after the end of World War II in Europe in 1945.
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