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Tarjei Vesaas

3.9/5 ( ratings)

Born: August 19 1897

Died: 1414 03 19701970

Tarjei Vesaas was a Norwegian poet and novelist. Written in Nynorsk, his work is characterized by simple, terse, and symbolic prose. His stories often cover simple rural people that undergo a severe psychological drama and who according to critics are described with immense psychological insight. Commonly dealing with themes such as death, guilt, angst, and other deep and intractable human emotions, the Norwegian natural landscape is a prevalent feature in his works. His debut was in 1923 with Children of Humans , but he had his breakthrough in 1934 with The Great Cycle . His mastery of the nynorsk language, landsmål , has contributed to its acceptance as a medium of world class literature.

Tarjei Vesaas

3.9/5 ( ratings)

Born: August 19 1897

Died: 1414 03 19701970

Tarjei Vesaas was a Norwegian poet and novelist. Written in Nynorsk, his work is characterized by simple, terse, and symbolic prose. His stories often cover simple rural people that undergo a severe psychological drama and who according to critics are described with immense psychological insight. Commonly dealing with themes such as death, guilt, angst, and other deep and intractable human emotions, the Norwegian natural landscape is a prevalent feature in his works. His debut was in 1923 with Children of Humans , but he had his breakthrough in 1934 with The Great Cycle . His mastery of the nynorsk language, landsmål , has contributed to its acceptance as a medium of world class literature.

Books from Tarjei Vesaas

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Through Naked Branches: Selected Poems of Tarjei Vesaas

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Brannen

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The Seed / Spring Night: Two Novels

4.2/5 ( ratings)

Norske kjærleiksdikt

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