Writing · Novel · Short Story · Writer
Born Aug 20, 1897 · Vinje, Norway
Active 1951–1970 · Awards: Gyldendal's Endowment, Dobloug Prize, Nordic Council Literature Prize, Norwegian Booksellers' Prize
Tarjei Vesaas was a Norwegian poet and novelist. Vesaas is widely considered to be one of Norway's greatest writers of the twentieth century and perhaps its most important since World War II.