Bjørg Vik

Norwegian author

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In Norwegian literature: The 20th century
Bjørg Vik was a short-story writer who portrayed, from a feminist viewpoint, the lives of contemporary women, while Cecilie Løveid, a postmodernist poet and playwright, became one of the few writers who successfully challenged the Ibsenite tradition in drama.
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In 20th-century Norwegian literature: After World War II
…of the 21st century were Bjørg Vik, a short-story writer who portrayed, from a feminist viewpoint, the lives of contemporary women in their efforts to cope with societal demands, new freedoms, and their own emotional desires; Herbjørg Wassmo, whose Tora and Dina trilogies became bestsellers in the 1980s and ’90s;…
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