O. E. Rölvaag
Born April 22, 1876
Rølvaag, Norway
Died November 5, 1931
Northfield, Minnesota
Novelist who focused on the lives of immigrants in Minnesota and South Dakota
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Ole Edvart Rölvaag is a unique figure in American literature. Although he was born in Norway and wrote in his native language, his seven novels are distinctly American in flavor and theme. His ma...
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The Continental European immigrants who came to the United States during the nineteenth century faced problems not shared by their Anglo-Saxon counterparts. Though they came in search of a better life...
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The Norwegian-American writer Ole Edvart Rölvaag (1876-1931) was a powerful, realistic chronicler of the lives of Norwegian immigrants on the farms of the midwestern United States. His work is gr...
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