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Tarjei Vesaas

Born

in Vinje, Norway

August 20, 1897

Died

March 15, 1970

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Poetry

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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 (Menneskebonn), but he had his breakthrough in 1934 with The Great Cycle (Det store spelet). His mastery of the nynorsk language, landsmål (see Norwegian language), has contributed to its acceptance as a medium of world class litera ...more

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Tarjei Vesaas’s books

Average rating: 3.94 · 26,671 ratings · 3,560 reviews · 82 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Ice Palace 3.85 avg rating — 15,327 ratings — published 1963 — 114 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Birds by Tarjei Vesaas, Michael Barnes (Translation), Torbjorn Stoverud (Translation) 4.13 avg rating — 8,285 ratings — published 1957 — 88 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kimen 3.87 avg rating — 670 ratings — published 1940	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Spring Night by Tarjei Vesaas, Kenneth G. Chapman (Translation) 3.60 avg rating — 457 ratings — published 1954 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Boat in the Evening by Tarjei Vesaas, Elizabeth Rokkan (Translation) 3.73 avg rating — 351 ratings — published 1968 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Bridges by Tarjei Vesaas, Elizabeth Rokkan (Translator) 3.84 avg rating — 210 ratings — published 1966 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The House in the Dark 4.08 avg rating — 137 ratings — published 1945 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Det store spelet 4.24 avg rating — 122 ratings — published 1934 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wiosenna noc / Zamek z lodu by Tarjei Vesaas, Maria Gołębiewska-Bijak (Translator) 3.47 avg rating — 146 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Vindane by Tarjei Vesaas, Trond Botnen (Illustrator) 3.84 avg rating — 86 ratings — published 1952 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Tarjei Vesaas (?)

“What you want most you push away from you.
You want more than you care to admit.”
― Tarjei Vesaas, The Bridges

tags: relationships

364 likes

“Almost nothing need be said when you have eyes.”
― Tarjei Vesaas, The Boat in the Evening

tags: eyes, looking, seeing, speaking, talking

208 likes

“Bewilderment increases in the presence of the mirrors.”
― Tarjei Vesaas, The Boat in the Evening

tags: bewilderment, confusion, mirrors, reflection

32 likes

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Polls

December 2016 New School Classic Poll

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling, 320 pgs, 1997

56 votes, 21.1%

White Fang by Jack London, 252 pages, 1906

43 votes, 16.2%

My Cousin Rachel by Daphne du Maurier, 352 pgs, 1951

33 votes, 12.4%

Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt, 432 pgs, 1995

32 votes, 12.0%

Swann's Way by Marcel Proust, 468 pgs, 1913

25 votes, 9.4%

Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks, 483 pgs, 1993

16 votes, 6.0%

The Ice Palace by Tarjei Vesaas, 176 pgs, 1960

13 votes, 4.9%

Queer by William S. Burroughs, 160 pgs, 1985

13 votes, 4.9%

Everything That Rises Must Converge: Stories by Flannery O'Connor, 269 pgs, 1965

11 votes, 4.1%

The Good Soldier by Ford Madox Ford, 368 pgs, 1915

10 votes, 3.8%

The Vagabond by Colette, 252 pgs, 1910

10 votes, 3.8%

Season of Migration to the North by Tayeb Salih, 176 pgs, 1966

4 votes, 1.5%

266 total votes

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