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Sigrid Undset

nobel prize for literature


Details of the Nobel Prize awarded to Sigrid Undset
Full Name
of the recipient		Sigrid Undset
AwardNobel Prize in Literature
Year of Award1928
Share in Award100.0%
Award Shared with
Motivation
for the Award		principally for her powerful descriptions of Northern life during the Middle Ages
Place of BirthKalundborg, Denmark DNK
Date of Birth20 May 1882
Age
at the time of Award		45 years
Place of DeathLillehammer, Norway NOR
Date of Death10 June 1949
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