Alfred Hauge

Alfred Hauge (born October 17, 1915, Sjernarøy, Norway—died October 31, 1986, Stavanger) was a Norwegian novelist and poet, best known for his trilogy describing the life of a Norwegian immigrant to the United States in the 1820s: Hundevakt (1961; “Midwatch”), Landkjenning (1964; “Land Sighting”), and Ankerfeste (1965; “Anchoring”). The collected work was published as Cleng Peerson in 1968, and an English translation (under the same title) in 1975. Hauge grew up on a small island...