Herbjørg Wassmo

Norwegian author

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Herbjørg Wassmo is a Norwegian author known for her Tora and Dina trilogies, which became bestsellers in the 1980s and 1990s. She is recognized as an influential woman author at the turn of the 21st century in Norwegian literature. Her works are part of the broader landscape of 20th-century Norwegian literature, which saw significant developments in prose and poetry following World War II.12

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20th-century Norwegian literature
After World War II
…and their own emotional desires; Herbjørg Wassmo, whose Tora and Dina trilogies became bestsellers in the 1980s and ’90s; and Cecilie Løveid, a postmodernist poet and playwright, one of the few who successfully challenged the Ibsenite tradition in drama. Løveid’s writing probes the potential for love, family, and close human…
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…and their own emotional desires; Herbjørg Wassmo, whose Tora and Dina trilogies became bestsellers in the 1980s and ’90s; and Cecilie Løveid, a postmodernist poet and playwright, one of the few who successfully challenged the Ibsenite tradition in drama. Løveid’s writing probes the potential for love, family, and close human…
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