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Aslaug Vaa
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Born(1889-08-25)25 August 1889
Rauland, Norway
Died28 November 1965(1965-11-28) (aged 76)
OccupationPoet and playwright
NationalityNorwegian
Notable awardsMelsom Prize, 1935
Spouse
Ola Raknes
(m. 1911⁠–⁠1938)
ChildrenMagli Elster
RelativesDyre Vaa (brother)
Torolf Elster (son-in-law)
Jon Elster (grandson)

Aslaug Vaa (25 August 1889 – 28 November 1965) was a Norwegian poet and playwright. Her works contain elements from local tradition and landscape mixed with international influence.

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Vaa

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Vaa may refer to: Loch Vaa, a body of water in Highland, Scotland Aslaug Vaa (1889–1965), Norwegian poet and playwright Dyre Vaa (1903–1980), Norwegian...

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Dyre Vaa

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the Order of St. Olav in 1969. He was the younger brother of lyricist Aslaug Vaa. The writer Tarjei Vesaas and composer Eivind Groven were his second cousins...

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Harald Lie

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his own wind quintet. The poem Skinnvengbrev ("A Bat's Letter") is by Aslaug Vaa and was also later set by Geirr Tveitt; it begins "Eg trudde eingong du...

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Telemark

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collaborationist leader during World War II. Executed as a traitor, born in Fyresdal Aslaug Vaa (1889–1965), author born in Rauland Tarjei Vesaas (1897–1970), author...

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Geirr Tveitt

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Hamsun, Arnulf Overland, Aslaug Vaa and Herman Wildenvey. Many Norwegians remember perhaps Tveitt most fondly for his tune to Aslaug Låstad Lygre's poem We...

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Ola Raknes

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United States. He was married twice: in his first marriage in 1911 with Aslaug Vaa (1889 – 1965, the marriage was dissolved in 1938) they begot the children...

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List of Norwegian writers

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Ørjasæter (1886–1968) Arthur Omre (1887–1967) Helge Krog (1889–1962) Aslaug Vaa (1889–1965) Arnulf Øverland (1889–1968) Sigurd Hoel (1890–1960) Inge Krokann...

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Nedreaas, Stein Mehren, Jan Kjærstad, Georg Johannesen, Kristofer Uppdal, Aslaug Vaa, Halldis Moren Vesaas, Sigurd Hoel, Johan Falkberget, Hans Børli and Axel...

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novelist Aslaug Vaa (1889 in Rauland – 1965), a poet and playwright Aslak Brekke (1901–1978), a vocalist using stev and a folk singer Dyre Vaa (1903–1980)...

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1965 in Norway

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1931). 20 November – Per Jordbakke, yacht racer (b. 1932). 28 November – Aslaug Vaa, poet and playwright (b. 1889). 6 December – Wilhelm Rasmussen, sculptor...

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Magli Elster

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the daughter of psychologist Ola Raknes (1887–1975) and poet-playwright Aslaug Vaa (1889–1965). She grew up partly in Vålerenga, Kviteseid and Paris. She...

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Rauland

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Aslaug Vaa (1889–1965), Norwegian poet and playwright Olav Aslakson Versto (1892–1977), Norwegian politician for the Norwegian Labour Party Dyre Vaa (1903–1980)...

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1889 in Norway

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17 August – Lalla Carlsen, singer and actress (died 1967). 25 August – Aslaug Vaa, poet and playwright (died 1965). 2 October – Ingolf Rød, sailor and Olympic...

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Odd Nordstoga

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perform and release the album Nivelkinn, based on poems by Telemark poet Aslaug Vaa. This collaboration scored a couple of minor radio hits in "Uppi Måneskin"...

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Melsom Prize

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Hans Reynolds Attersyn Grønland 1928– 1934 Not awarded Not awarded 1935 Aslaug Vaa Halvor Floden Translation of Rudyard Kipling: The Jungle Book Fagerlia...

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1965 Nobel Prize in Literature

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Spicer, Howard Spring, Thomas Sigismund Stribling, Paul Tillich, and Aslaug Vaa died in 1965 without having been nominated for the prize. The Nobel committee...

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Conrad Baden

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Hansen/Reimers. God Nat/Good Night Wergeland for children's chorus 1976. Lilja Aslaug Vaa, 1977, for women's chorus. Norsk Musikforlag 4 string quartets (nr. 1...

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Ole Barman

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for this occasion four plays were selected, Olav Duun's Medmenneske, Aslaug Vaa's Tjugendedagen, Cora Sandel's Krane's konditori, and Pär Lagerkvist's...

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1965 in poetry

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German lyric poet, fiction writer, adaptor and essayist November 28 – Aslaug Vaa (born 1889), Norway Also – Brian Higgins (born 1930), British poet, mathematician...

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Torolf Elster

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(née Raknes, daughter of psychologist Ola Raknes and poet and playwright Aslaug Vaa). He was the father of philosopher Jon Elster. Elster made his literary...

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List of Norwegian women writers

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children's writer, playwright Linn Ullmann (born 1966), journalist, novelist Aslaug Vaa (1889–1965), poet, playwright Halldis Moren Vesaas (1907–1995), poet,...

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