Sigrid Undset's Exile Memoir Reexamined Amid Canonization Push
A new article revisits the legacy of Norwegian Nobel laureate Sigrid Undset, focusing on her 1942 autobiographical report 'Return to the Future' written during exile in the United States after Hitler's 1940 invasion of Norway. The text condemns both Nazi Germany and Stalin's USSR with unsparing clarity. The book was not published in Norway until 1949. The article questions whether Undset, a cultural icon turned non-person during the war, might now be considered for canonization.
Key facts
- Sigrid Undset was a Norwegian Literature Nobel Prize winner.
- She fled Norway after Hitler's invasion in 1940.
- Her autobiographical report 'Return to the Future' was published in the US in 1942.
- The book criticizes both Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union.
- The book was published in Norway only in 1949.
- The article speculates about Undset's possible canonization.
Entities
Artists
- Sigrid Undset
Locations
- Norway
- United States
- USA