Cora Sandel

Norwegian author

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In Norwegian literature: The 20th century
…one of several writers—among them Cora Sandel and Aksel Sandemose—who opened new horizons for Norwegian prose before and after World War II, each in distinctive ways. Vesaas, who wrote in Nynorsk, has been called Norway’s most provincial international writer: his works are firmly rooted in the Norwegian countryside, but their…
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In 20th-century Norwegian literature: Before World War II
…one of several writers—among them Cora Sandel and Aksel Sandemose—who opened new horizons for Norwegian prose before and after World War II, each in distinctive ways. Vesaas, who wrote in Nynorsk (New Norwegian), has been called Norway’s most provincial international writer. His works—especially Det store spelet (1934; The Great Cycle)—are…
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