Tarjei Vesaas was a Norwegian poet and novelist who wrote in Nynorsk, and his novels include The Ice Palace and The Birds. His stories follow rural people through sharp psychological change, set against the demanding Norwegian landscape and themes of guilt and death. He won the Gyldendal's Endowment in 1943 and the Dobloug Prize in 1957, and was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature 57 times. He died in 1970.
