Olav Duun

Olav Duun was a noteworthy author of Norwegian fiction. He is generally recognized to be one of the more outstanding writers in Norwegian literature. He stands as a remarkable synthesis of the Norwegian folk spirit and the European cultural form. The most notable works are his six volume, The People of Juvik, which deals with four generations of a family of peasant landowners. He once lacked only one vote to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature, and was nominated twenty-four times, in fourteen years.

Olav Duun er en av de viktigste nynorskforfatterne fra første halvdel av 1900-tallet. Med en bakgrunn som fisker i Namdalen i Nord-Trøndelag kunne han skildre tilværelsen langs kysten friskt og livaktig, i et språk som var preget av dialekten

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